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bartholomew | 10:14 Thu 28th Apr 2005 | Phrases & Sayings
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We are going to have ourselves a little chat.

Why ourselves?

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The word 'ourselves' is quite unnecessary in this sentence.  It is intended to indicate a private chat, perhaps between a boss and an employee who needs advice.  The meaning of the sentence would be the same without it.
The addition of 'ourselves' in a context like this usually contains an element of threat. It is the sort of thing a headmaster might say to an unruly schoolboy, as he ushered him into his office, or a boss might say to a failing employee who is on his last warning for failing to produce the necessary work. There is a definite air of menace about "have ourselves a little chat" which is absent in the simpler "have a chat".
It isn't vital to the meaning of the sentence, but it means something like 'for ourselves'. Judy Garland sang 'Have yourselves a merry little Christmas' in Meet Me in St Louis; it wasn't threatening.
In the context of a Judy Garland Christmas...no threat...in the context of a little chat, ourselves "usually" has an "element" of threat, as already suggested. Context is everything, in much the same way as usage is.

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