Meanings
plural nonversations
- countableuncountableA meaningless conversation.
There is always a bit of jovial nonversation at the newsstand.
1997, Andrew Field, Nabokov, His Life In Part, page 222 more examples
Oh, God, thought Hadley. This "nonversation" can't go on much longer.
2004, Brian Dobbins, chapter 2, in Jasmine's Husband, Sam, page 14As Bruce was somewhat taken aback by this turn in the nonversation, as a witty friend used to term the appropriately uneven match of social skills, he simply asked why.
2008, Maxim Jakubowski, Paris Noir: Capital Crime Fiction, page 266
Origin
Blend of non- + conversation.
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