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nonversation en · NOUN

Etymology

Blend of non- + conversation.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) A meaningless conversation.
   • Oh, God, thought Hadley. This "nonversation" can't go on much longer. 2004, Brian Dobbins, chapter 2, in Jasmine's Husband, Sam, page 14:
   • There is always a bit of jovial nonversation at the newsstand. 1997, Andrew Field, Nabokov, His Life In Part, page 22:
   • 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. 2008, Maxim Jakubowski, Paris Noir: Capital Crime Fiction, page 266:

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