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Meaning: (idiomatic)Informalconversationamong friends or acquaintances, of the kind that occurs in acasualgathering where people sit together and drink coffee.1977April 5,Donnie Radcliffe, “A Different Kind of Tea”, inWashington Post, retrieved30 December 2017:"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 purelycoffee talkand makes it something meaningful."2006April 6, Edward Wyatt, “Katherine Anne Couric: Coming Back to Hard News”, inNew York Times, retrieved30 December 2017:Ms. Couric demonstrated a self-deprecating humor and a penchant for the giggle-filledcoffee talkso familiar to the early-morning shows.2013May 3, Jessica McDiarmid, “Toronto terror plot”, inThe Star, Canada, retrieved30 December 2017: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 wascoffee talk.”
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