The ~ are people such as journalists, broadcasters, or public figures who comment on events but have little or no influence over them. (BRIT JOURNALISM)
Radical feminism is currently the fashionable topic among the ~.
N-PLURAL: usu the N disapproval
CHATTERING CLASSES
Meaning of CHATTERING CLASSES in English
Collins COBUILD. Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык Коллинз COBUILD (международная база данных языков Бирмингемского университета) . 2012