Kaffeeklatsch

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Kaffeeklatsch is a German phrase translating literally as "coffee chat". This is the type of casual conversation, small talk and especially gossip enjoyed by housewives who meet in the afternoon for a cup of coffee.

Kaffeeklatsch is also used to describe such a gathering itself.

Several student newspapers, journals and arts councils utilise the term as a means of describing the informally hosted meetings of influential members at coffee shops and cafes near their home university.[citation needed]

It is occasionally used in a more specific and derogatory sense to mean a group of people who waste time talking rather than doing.

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