Associations to the word «Confabulate»
Wiktionary
CONFABULATE, verb. (intransitive) To speak casually with; to chat.
CONFABULATE, verb. (intransitive) To confer.
CONFABULATE, verb. (intransitive) (psychology) To fabricate memories in order to fill gaps in one's memory.
Dictionary definition
CONFABULATE, verb. Unconsciously replace fact with fantasy in one's memory.
CONFABULATE, verb. Talk socially without exchanging too much information; "the men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze".
CONFABULATE, verb. Have a conference in order to talk something over; "We conferred about a plan of action".
Wise words
Every once in a while, you let a word or phrase out and you
want to catch it and bring it back. You can't do that. It's
gone, gone forever.