hallway chat
Passing office exchange
Hallway chat is informal conversation that happens in passing—the kind of brief exchange that occurs when colleagues cross paths between meetings or on the way somewhere else.
The term evokes office culture where unscheduled encounters in corridors often yield useful information or relationship-building that formal meetings miss: Most of what I learned about the merger came from hallway chat.
Sometimes used for any casual, off-the-record discussion.
- corridorEnclosed connecting walkway
- whisperSpeech without full voice
- gossipInformal talk spreading rumors
- passingMoving by or temporary
- in passingWithout special attention
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