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  • noun Alternative spelling of water cooler.

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Examples

  • Just not to lose out on those so-called watercooler moments; or meet friends and feel oddly excluded?

    Yes, it's fine to admit you don't watch TV | Euan Ferguson 2011

  • I knew the talk of the watercooler was my descent from dependable pro to unreliable screwup, but until now the talk had stayed behind my back.

    A Bad Day’s Work Nora McFarland 2010

  • In this case, they were setting up an electronic watercooler, which is a very simple thing to do.

    The FASTForward Blog 2010

  • I think it's a little silly to call a watercooler blog the best state politics blog.

    BlueOregon 2009

  • I think it's a little silly to call a watercooler blog the best state politics blog.

    BlueOregon 2009

  • Another downside to telecommuting is that many home workers feel a sense of loneliness and isolation, a phenomenon called watercooler withdrawal.

    IEEE Spectrum 2009

  • I think it's a little silly to call a watercooler blog the best state politics blog.

    BlueOregon 2009

  • I think it's a little silly to call a watercooler blog the best state politics blog.

    BlueOregon 2009

  • If you have the choice of watching your recorded 9pm "watercooler" show at 10pm the same evening, or watching Jay Leno live at 10pm, which show are you going to watch?

    InteracTiVoty: Can NBC Make Jay Leno TiVo-Proof? - Evan Young - MediaBizBlogger 2009

  • It has been well-documented this year that the 9pm hour is the most competitive and oft-recorded, with the multiple effects of depressing the 9pm live viewing rating (because viewers watch one show and record another), and depressing the 10pm live viewing rating (because the recorded 9pm show is watched at 10pm). 9pm weekdays is the hour in which most of the networks placed their most popular serialized dramas, the non-reality "watercooler" shows.

    InteracTiVoty: Can NBC Make Jay Leno TiVo-Proof? - Evan Young - MediaBizBlogger 2009

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