water cooler

See also: watercooler

English

Etymology

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

Noun

water cooler (plural water coolers)

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

Translations

dispenser of cooled drinking water

Chinese:
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Finnish: vesiautomaatti
Portuguese: bebedouro (refrigerado) m

location in the workplace

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Finnish: vesiautomaatti
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Adjective

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

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

scuttle-butt

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