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backchat

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backchat [ˈbækˌtʃæt]
n
Informal the act of answering back, esp impudently
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.backchatbackchat - light teasing repartee              
banter, raillery, give-and-take
repartee - adroitness and cleverness in reply
badinage - frivolous banter
persiflage - light teasing
Translations
backchat [ˈbæktʃæt] N → réplicas fpl (insolentes)
backchat [ˈbæktʃæt] n (British) → impertinences fpl
backchat [ˈbækˌtʃæt] n (Brit) (fam) → impertinenza
backchat [ˈbækˌtʃæt] n (Brit) (fam) → impertinenza


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Lisa Lambert and Greg Morrison's score is a clever pastiche of period cliches, and Martin and Don McKellar's story, about a leading lady (the fabulous Sutton Foster) leaving the theater to get married, is purposely less interesting than Man in Chair's backchat about characters like Trix ("an aviatrix--today, we'd call her a lesbian").
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1, and alongside such dogmatic exercises as A Stair Dance and Backchat.
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She has a penetrating sympathy for the confusions and the sense of alienation among some adolescents that form the ground of much YA literature, and her stories are often saved from being the case-studies engineered by some of her contemporaries through her brisk voice and the often funny backchat of her characters.
Back to the Laurel Grove. (A View from the Island) by Alderson, Brian / The Horn Book Magazine
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