water cooler
Workplace hydration station
A water cooler is a device that dispenses chilled drinking water, typically found in offices and public spaces.
Because employees gather around it for informal conversation, water cooler has become shorthand for casual workplace chat: water cooler gossip, water cooler talk.
By extension, anything generating such conversation is water cooler material: The finale was water cooler TV.
Informal verbal exchange
- gossipInformal talk spreading rumors
- conversationExchange of spoken ideas
- colleaguesProfessional associates
- coworkersPeople at same job
break · schmooze · network · chitchat · rumor · buzz · banter · catch-up
Employee rest area
- cubiclesPartitioned office spaces
- officeProfessional work location
- meetingsOrganized group assemblies
- coworkersPeople at same job
colleagues · 9-to-5 · corporate · HR · lunch break · common area · staff · lounge
Device that releases portions
- jugHandled pouring container
- bottleContainer for liquids
- filtrationSeparating solids from liquids
- chillerRefrigeration unit or horror
freestanding · compressor · thermoelectric · spigot · reservoir · tap · nozzle · cartridge
chat
Informal verbal exchange
- gossipInformal talk spreading rumors
- conversationExchange of spoken ideas
- colleaguesProfessional associates
coworkers · break · schmooze · network · chitchat · rumor · buzz · banter · catch-up · small talk
breakroom
Employee rest area
coworkers · colleagues · 9-to-5 · corporate · HR · lunch break · common area · staff · lounge · pantry
dispenser
Device that releases portions
- jugHandled pouring container
- bottleContainer for liquids
- filtrationSeparating solids from liquids
chiller · freestanding · compressor · thermoelectric · spigot · reservoir · tap · nozzle · cartridge · bubbler
drinking
Liquid consumption act
sip · gulp · refill · H2O · potable · refreshing · cup · paper cup · rehydrate · parched
- office lifecubicle, desk job, desk jobs, office job, full-time job
- office amenitiesconference room, cafeteria, reception desk, bathroom, restroom
- office building featureslobby, reception desk, conference room, cubicle, office chair
- Workplace ComedyThe Office, Office Space, 30 Rock, Parks and Rec, Brooklyn Nine-Nine
- water dispensersdrinking fountain, touchless dispenser, bubbler, outdoor fountain
- work breaksafternoon break, bathroom break, restroom break, smoke break, breather
water coolerwater heater
Appliance warming domestic supply
hot water dispenser · boiler · kettle · water boiler · tea urn
cool, water, watery, cooler, coolness, underwater, cooling, cooled, supercool