watercooler

watercooler (plural watercoolers)

1. Alternative spelling of water cooler

watercooler (comparative more watercooler, superlative most watercooler)

1. Alternative form of water cooler.
   • 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:

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

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

     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.

   • 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:

     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).