1. engaging in casual conversation or chat
Usage: formal
2. unconsciously creating false memories to fill gaps in recollection
Usage: psychology; medical

Examples

• The elderly patients were confabulating in the hospital lounge.
• After his head injury, he began confabulating details about events he couldn’t actually remember.
• The two friends spent the afternoon confabulating over coffee.
• The neurologist explained that confabulating is common in certain types of brain damage.
• She was confabulating with her neighbors about the upcoming block party.
• Without realizing it, he was confabulating memories of his childhood.