chat room

noun

: a real-time online interactive discussion group

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For a brief period in 2021, similar exchanges were also seen on the social media app Clubhouse, where Chinese and American users engaged in uncensored dialogue on sensitive topics in virtual chat rooms, before Chinese censors intervened to block the app. Eric Cheung, CNN, 14 Jan. 2025 To draw users to the chat room, the crooks initially provide mainstream advice and market commentary. Bob Carlson, Forbes, 12 Sep. 2024 For instance, an essay on social media is interwoven with Vara’s coming of age in AOL chat rooms, attending Stanford when TheFacebook hits campus, and becoming The Wall Street Journal’s first Facebook reporter. Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 10 Apr. 2025 The term had been slowly spreading across internet forums and chat rooms before its proliferation in video game magazines and websites. Lewis Gordon, New York Times, 20 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for chat room

Word History

First Known Use

1986, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of chat room was in 1986

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“Chat room.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chat%20room. Accessed 2 May. 2025.

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chat room

noun
: an online interactive discussion group on the Internet

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