nonversation
English
Etymology
Blend of non- + conversation.
Noun
nonversation (countable and uncountable, plural nonversations)
- A meaningless conversation.
- 1997, Andrew Field, Nabokov, His Life In Part, page 22:
- There is always a bit of jovial nonversation at the newsstand.
- 2004, Brian Dobbins, chapter 2, in Jasmine's Husband, Sam, page 14:
- Oh, God, thought Hadley. This "nonversation" can't go on much longer.
- 2008, Maxim Jakubowski, Paris Noir: Capital Crime Fiction, page 266:
- As Bruce was somewhat taken aback by this turn in the nonversation, as a witty friend used to term the appropriately uneven match of social skills, he simply asked why.
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