watercooler
noun
wa·ter·cool·er
ˈwȯ-tər-ˌkü-lər 
ˈwä-
: a device for dispensing refrigerated drinking water
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The show progresses in a series of sci-fi twists that have been fodder for the 2025 equivalent of watercooler conversation.
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Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 15 Dec. 2025
Expect there to be a lot of social media/TV/barroom/watercooler chatter over how both teams should go back to those looks.
—Jim Reineking, USA Today, 11 Dec. 2025
There had certainly been little to suggest that a watercooler event of seismic proportions was about to be unleashed.
—Richard Edwards, Space.com, 5 Dec. 2025
Plus: All the news and watercooler chat from Fortune.
Good morning.
—Nicholas Gordon, Fortune, 26 Nov. 2025
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Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 15 Dec. 2025
Expect there to be a lot of social media/TV/barroom/watercooler chatter over how both teams should go back to those looks.
—Jim Reineking, USA Today, 11 Dec. 2025
There had certainly been little to suggest that a watercooler event of seismic proportions was about to be unleashed.
—Richard Edwards, Space.com, 5 Dec. 2025
Plus: All the news and watercooler chat from Fortune.
Good morning.
—Nicholas Gordon, Fortune, 26 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for watercooler
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“Watercooler.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/watercooler. Accessed 26 Dec. 2025.
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