backchat

Example Sentences

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Its heart-warming backchat and loveable lippiness were loosely based on Foad's own relationship with his mum which he describes as "funny, loving and complicated".

From BBC • Mar. 27, 2022

Writing in the first person as Nikki, he has created a character who peppers the patriarchy with rapid-fire volleys of backchat.

From Washington Post • Mar. 25, 2019

If someone one position above you asks you to do something, you do it: there’s no backchat.

From The Guardian • Mar. 18, 2017

Thus have I written online about the exaltations and lamentations of parenthood: potty training, ruined sleep, baffling toddler backchat.

From Time • Feb. 1, 2013

As played with beaming verve by Cherise Boothe, Angela Lewis and Nikiya Mathis, these high school girls are a delight to watch, with their freewheeling conversation full of tart backchat and slangy humor.

From New York Times • Nov. 2, 2011