water cooler

See also: watercooler

English

Etymology

In sense of gossip, compare scuttlebutt, of similar origin.

Noun

water cooler (plural water coolers)

  1. A dispenser of cooled drinking water.
  2. (figuratively) A location in the workplace where employees gather to gossip.

Adjective

water cooler (comparative more water cooler, superlative most water cooler)

  1. of the nature of things discussed around a water-cooler
    "in those days The Late Show was Monday water cooler topic du jour."

See also

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