water cooler

Example Sentences

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Water-cooler pleasantries have fallen by the wayside, replaced by flurries of GIFs on Slack.

From Slate • Jan. 31, 2020

Water-cooler chatter picked up over the past six months, she said, adding that the campaign has fostered “team building in this weird sort of way.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 9, 2016

Water-cooler subjects of decades past had far more reach than the water-cooler subjects of today.

From Slate • Nov. 30, 2014