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talk back

[tawk-bak] / ˈtɔkˌbæk /


VERB
back talk
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You see her at work at night where she lights up when she’s talking to things that can’t talk back, but she feels that they do.

From Los Angeles Times • May 7, 2026

“Yuletide Factory” is pitched toward those younger children, who happily talk back to the players.

From New York Times • Nov. 27, 2024

“My experience, after 54 years of doing this stuff, is that the cops don’t like when you talk back that way,” he said.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 3, 2024

But until the arrival of the AI chatbot ChatGPT, most people had never actually spoken to it before - or had it talk back.

From BBC • Nov. 18, 2023

"I came all the way here so that when I talked, you'd be forced to talk back."

From "We Are Okay" by Nina LaCour




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