MEETING, MEETING PLACE
ADJECTIVES
► SYMPOSIAL suitable for a symposium; occurring at a symposium → 1775
ADVERBS
► AFTER THE FIRST BRUSH after the first encounter or meeting → 1857
NOUNS
► ACCESS a coming to work or business; an assembling or meeting of a body → 1587 obs.
► AIK ► HACK ► HAIKE ► HAKE a merry meeting; a rustic dance or gathering → 1848 Eng. dial.
► ASSIG assignation, meeting, rendezvous → 1796 sl.
► CHEWING MATCH a meeting where there is a great deal of talking → 1950 Amer. dial.
► CHINFEST a meeting where there’s a lot of talking → 1965 Amer. dial.
► CIRCLE-JERK a boring or time-wasting meeting → 2006 US sl. (Bk.)
► CONFLAB a conference, a meeting → 1942 Amer. dial.
► CREEP a clandestine meeting or mission → 1960 African-American sl.
► DAWNER a meeting that lasts all night → 1980s US sl.
► FACE TIME time spent in a meeting or conversation with an important or influential person; time spent on television → 1991 US sl.
► FACE-TO-FACE a face-to-face meeting, esp. a frank private conversation between two persons → 1986 Amer. sl.
► FEST an informal meeting or celebration; a festival; usually used in combinations, as talkfest → 1910 Amer. dial.
► GABBERFEST a meeting where there’s a lot of talking → 1965 Amer. dial.
► GAIN-RACE a running against, meeting → a1300 obs.
► GAMMON AND PATTER a meeting; a conference → 1889 UK sl. obs.
► HANDLING an entertainment, party, meeting, gathering → 1820 Sc.
► HEN-CACKLE a meeting where there’s a lot of talking → 1968 Amer. dial.
► HEN-CACKLING a meeting where there’s a lot of talking → 1968 Amer. dial.
► M20 a meeting place → 1981 Citizens’ band radio usage, orig. US
► MEET a meeting, esp. one convened to discuss illegal matters → 1865 UK sl.
► OCCURSATION an act of running against something; attack; encounter; meeting; collision → 1615 obs.
► OCCURSE a meeting → 1621 obs.
► OCCURSION an act of running against something; attack, encounter; meeting; collision → 1533 obs.
► PARLIAMENT a meeting for discussion by two or more persons → 1892 Eng. dial.
► PORTUGUESE PARLIAMENT a meeting where everyone is talking and no one is listening → 1924 Amer. dial.
► PUKE-IN a meeting or public occasion at which participants express their strong, usually antagonistic feelings about a topic → 2000s sl.
► RALLYIN’-SHOP a rendezvous; a meeting-place → 1881 Eng. dial.
► RISCONTER a meeting, an encounter → 1592 obs.
► SAMING a meeting, assembly → c1400 obs.
► SYMPOSIAC a meeting or conference for discussion of some subject → 1603
► SYMPOSIUM a meeting or conference for discussion of some subject → 1784
► TEAR-OUT a boisterous or hilarious meeting → 1929 Amer. dial.
► TONGUEFEST a meeting where there’s a lot of talking → 1965 Amer. dial.
► YAKFEST a meeting where there’s a lot of talking → 1965 Amer. dial.
NOUNS – PERSON
► SYMPOSIARCH the director or president of a symposium → 1787
► SYMPOSIAST a person who contributes on some topic at a meeting or conference → 1878
VERBS
► SCAT UP AND GO HOME to break up a meeting → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► TAKE A MEETING to attend a business meeting → 1977 US entertainment industry usage
Lexicophilia 