fencetalk
/ˈfɛnsˌtɔːk/nounVerified NewAlso in: Zaungespräch (Deutsch) · vallarrada (Español) · haipalabre (Français)
The standing conversation held with a neighbor over the fence, of indefinite length and fixed location.
Fencetalk opens with the weather and closes with "anyway," which takes forty minutes. Both parties hold mugs and neither can leave first without protocol. The fence carries the neighborhood's diplomacy, its news service, and one ladder, borrowed and returned with coffee.
Etym. — fence + talk — the border post where the news is exchanged.
Rel. — binlaneloyalty
Novelty check: APPROVE
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