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Not a word I use much myself except when referring to “yappy little dogs”, but it is definitely common among those the generation above me and that above them.
How differently? Please describe the obviousness I am missing, oh enlightened linguist:
Yapping: present participle of yap
Yap [verb, informal, often indicates a disapproving tone]: to talk continuously
Example: “I've just had my mother on the phone, yapping away for half an hour!”
> And in a way that is annoying enough to me to guarantee that I don't make it past that word
[makes mental note to increase use of the word “yapping” in future writing…]