Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

water-cooler effect

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.91 in modern English

Syllables: wa-ter--cool-er -ef-fect
IPA

30

Scrabble Score

17

Letters

7

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Alternative form of water cooler effect.

Example Sentences

"A whistleblower will inevitably become distant from friends and colleagues. And these water-cooler effects, the social effects, I think, can provide a strong disincentive, a disincentive which bounty programs are meant to overcome."
"This improvised way of coming together helped employees shoot the breeze from a safe distance and enjoy a bit of that water-cooler effect everyone was starting to miss."
"The Super Bowl, the biggest TV show of the year, became a secular holiday gathering that rivals Christmas. And before the work-from-home era, networks were conscious of the “water-cooler effect” in offices."

Inflected Forms

water-cooler effects (plural)

Questions

What does water-cooler effect mean?: Alternative form of water cooler effect.

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