Yappers

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. Characterizing excessive or noisy talkers who tend to chatter on without pause
2. Referring to individuals who incessantly engage in conversation, often dominating the dialogue
3. Describing those who talk in a continuous and sometimes annoying manner, typically lacking brevity

Etymology: The verb "yap" imitates the sharp, high-pitched bark of a small dog, and the sound of the word is the sound of the thing it describes. Its origin is imitative, and it is related to the older "yelp," which has a similar shrill quality. English speakers then applied the same sound to people, so a person who talked in quick, repetitive bursts could be said to yap the way a terrier does. The ending "-er" is a common English suffix that turns a verb into a noun for the one who performs the action, as in "singer" or "reader." Adding it to "yap" produced a noun for a person who yaps, and the form has the same flat, nagging sound as its root. Its exact date of formation is not something I can confirm.

Synonyms: barkers, talkers, chatterers, gossipers, chatterboxes