The other day I was accused of being part of a coffee klatch… to which I immediately took great offense. Well, I never. I am NOT part of a coffee klatch. Who ever heard of such a preposterous thing? The nerve! I’m up in arms. How dare you! Exclamation point!
Wait, what is a coffee klatch exactly? The “k” makes its look faintly neo-nazi/white supremacists (as all words that start with the letter “k” before an “l” now do to me.) But coffee is good right? I was experiencing quite mixed feelings until I did the logical thing and looked it up. So, today, I looked up….
Coffee klatch.
coffee klatch or coffee klatsch also kaf·fee·klatsch
n.
A casual social gathering for coffee and conversation.
Aha… I might be part of that. Once or five times throughout the day. My favorite is the subscript though:
[Partial translation of German Kaffeeklatsch : Kaffee, coffee + Klatsch, gossip; see klatch.]
While the “kl” is representative of German etymology there is nothing harsh or austere about this word. In fact, the partial translation to “coffee” and “gossip” are the top clinically proven ways to be a healthyperson.
And yes…in the course of writing this post, the search of “how to make friends” did come up. Don’t feel bad for me though, I’m already part of a coffee klatch!
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