Literary notes about Jabber (AI summary)
In literature, "jabber" is often used to capture the sound of rapid, sometimes incoherent or excited speech that adds both atmosphere and character depth. Authors employ the term to convey not only the continuous and almost overwhelming nature of chatter—as when a group talks incessantly with gusto [1] or a character speaks so rapidly that his words seem to turn meaningless [2]—but also to highlight moments of irritation or mockery toward trivial conversation [3]. Additionally, "jabber" can be used to describe the animated, perhaps even animalistic, quality of sound in both human and nonhuman voices, enriching the texture of a scene with a sense of uncontrolled vibrancy.
- Never have I heard a set of human beings jabber away at the rate they did; they laughed, and sang, and pledged each other without cessation.
— from Will Weatherhelm: The Yarn of an Old Sailor by William Henry Giles Kingston - Just listen, and you'll hear him jabber himself blue in the face."
— from Two in a Zoo by Oliver Herford - People might jabber about them; he knew what he knew and did not care a straw for their gossip, for he had respectability on his side.
— from L'Assommoir by Émile Zola
