what the heck is confabulation

confabulation is:
n 1: an informal conversation [syn: chat, confab, schmooze, schmoose]
2: (psychiatry) a plausible but imagined memory that fills in gaps in what is remembered

Confabulation comes from Late Latin confabulatio, from Latin confabulatus, past participle of confabulari, to talk together, from con-, together, with + fabulari, to talk. It is related to fable, a fiction, a tale; and to fabulous, so incredible or astonishing as to resemble or suggest a fable.

babel is:
n 1: a confusion of voices and other sounds
2: (Genesis 11:1-11) a tower built by Noah’s descendants (probably in Babylon) who intended it to reach up to heaven; God foiled them by confusing their language so they could no longer understand one another

November 13, 2004   Posted in: General, Humor

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