Meaning of coffee talk | Babel Free

Definitions

Informal conversation among friends or acquaintances, of the kind that occurs in a casual gathering where people sit together and drink coffee.

idiomatic, uncountable, usually

Examples

“"We didn't expect⟳ this," Kantamala said later of the exchange⟳, "so I took this opportunity to say⟳ what I think⟳." Said Press⟳ Secretary Mary Hoyt later, "Mrs. Carter would appreciate that kind of forthrightness. It takes it out of purely coffee talk⟳ and makes it something meaningful."”

“Ms. Couric demonstrated a self-deprecating humor and a penchant for the giggle-filled coffee talk⟳ so familiar to the early-morning shows.”

“Ali and Jaser met occasionally for coffee to chat. . . . “Every so often he’d talk⟳ about radicalism and that,” said Ali. “I just thought it was coffee talk⟳.””

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