Apparently kids these days use this word when addressing or referring to their group of friends, or the group of fellow kids they’re with at the moment. It comes from video game streamers referring to their viewers as “chat.” We have officially reached peak stupidity as a species.
“Hey chat, where should we go get some avacado toast so we can low key score some rizz? No caps.”
This word originated from the one and only Kaitlyn The Great. She was the first ever person to address a group of people all at once by a simple one word phrase "chat". Genius idea really, signalling to your companions that your upcoming words are directed at all of them not just a select few. Kaitlyn has been saying it since before you were born she's fr the OG.