Feifei
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Hello and welcome to The English We Speak, where we're explaining expressions used by fluent English speakers so that you can use them too.
I'm Feifei and I'm joined by Georgie.
Hi Feifei, how are you?
OK, OK, Georgie.
There is a time for yapping and it's not now.
Yap is a slang word which means talk or gossip continuously for a long time.
It refers to informal, unserious chat.
So it's not used in formal settings.
We had a lot to catch up on.
Right, so yap can be used when one person is chatting endlessly –
but it's also something that you can do with another person.
You can both yap together.
Right, like what I said to you at the beginning of the programme.
Let's listen to more examples.
So, yapping means talking a lot in an informal way.
What about its use, Georgie?
What can we do with the word?
Well, I guess so.