" table talk "

 [ "table talk" ]

1: From partnered card games, discussion between partners of the contents of their hands. Its purpose is to gain an advantage, and is generally against the house rules, if not written rules.

  * e.g.,  ... Him: I'm feeling a lot of LOOOOOVE for this game. 

 [ "table talk" ]

1: Illegal communication with the intent of gaining an advantage between partners during a card game.

  * e.g.,  ... In euchre tournaments, table talk is strictly forbidden. 

 [ "table talk" ]

1: To engage in conversation during a game (primarily seen in card games) to your partner(s) regarding the status of the set of playable/determinable objects (commonly seen as cards or tiles) in their general vacinity when this action is unallowed due to the nature of the game or pre-established violation rules.

  * e.g.,  ... Tommy and Jessies were playing Billy and I in Euchre today. They 0wn3d us. I was like "oh noes!!1". It had to be some table talk going on over there 

 [ "table talk" ]

1: Noun: ) Conversation appropriate for a formal occasion i.e. dinner with your girlfriend/boyfriend's parents. ) Small talk. Shmoozing. Those little conversations you have when you see someone you don't really care about, but you haven't seen them for a long time.

  * e.g.,  ... ) Oh wow, Mrs. Smith you sure do have a nice house. 

 [ "table talk" ]

1: things you should only discuss at the table

  * e.g.,  ... sex is not table talk 

 [ "kitchen table talk" ]

1: A discussion between family (e.g. cousins) or close friends at a table or other private setting, where the two (or more) of you can have completely open, often deep, conversation. The key to kitchen table talk is the ability to throw the dirtiest shade, talk shit, and spill piping hot tea, that would not be typically be acceptable in every day society. What happens at the kitchen table, stays at the kitchen table.

  * e.g.,  ... Girl 1: This is going to sound really shady, but... 

 [ "queen of table talk" ]

1: Some one who tells everyone at the poker table what each other are collecting.

  * e.g.,  ... Jeni is the queen of table talk.