watercooler

plural watercoolers

1. alternativeAlternative spelling of water cooler.

1. alternativenot comparableAlternative form of water cooler.

   It’s all junk food for the mind, but it sure enlivens the next day’s watercooler discussions.

   1994 February 21, Bob Curtright, “‘Secrets’ one of guilty pleasures”, in The Wichita Eagle, Wichita, Kan.: The Wichita Eagle and Beacon Publishing Co., page 9A, column 1

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   In my opinion, this is no more annoying than many office interruptions — watercooler gossip, phones ringing in the next cubicle, someone next door with an active cold, etc.

   2021 August 3, Sensitive in South Dakota [pseudonym], “Dear Abby”, in Times Record News, volume 115, number 82, page 4B

   While commentators frothed at the mouth, the slap made Pinkett Smith’s alopecia diagnosis and hair loss a watercooler topic (she had first mentioned them on Red Table Talk in 2018 and later on Instagram).

   2023 February 11, Tshepo Mokoena, “‘Sometimes it is racism’: Jada Pinkett Smith on prejudice, typecasting and the fallout from that slap”, in Saturday (The Guardian), number 72, page 3, column 2