midchat en · NOUN
Etymology
From mid- + chat.
Meanings
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(uncountable) A point in time during a chat.
The videos pause, instant messaging apps mysteriously disconnect in midchat, and you can’t get a connection in the far corner bedroom any more.
2009 August 13, Yardena Arar, “Getting Your Wireless Network Up to Speed”, in New York Times:Feel free to build an array of graphics to represent yourself—and to change them in midchat, using this pop-up palette, to the delight or confusion of your conversation partner.
2009, David Pogue, Mac OS X Snow Leopard: The Missing Manual, page 780: