pillow talk
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- noun
- /ˈpɪloʊ tɔk/
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- After a long day, they snuggled in bed and enjoyed some cozy pillow talk about their dreams for the future.
- a nice pillow talk
- a little pillow talk
- just pillow talk
If you have that person in your life and you say, listen, I'm dealing, I'm going through, who else do you talk to at night time and your pillow talk?
- If you have that person in your life and you say, listen, I'm dealing, I'm going through, who else do you talk to at night time and your pillow talk?
Examples
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Well, that's just what we call "pillow talk," baby.
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Is this your idea of pillow talk?
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- No no no, last night was just pillow talk.
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Give you boys time for a smoke and some pillow talk.
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That made for some interesting pillow talk.
Blog text (11) -
When you start dating someone, pillow talk is a great mechanism for getting to know each other.
Blog text (11) -
Terri's pillow talk is legendary.
Fiction book (1999) -
Pillow talk is, of course, closely related to and often intertwined with dirty talk.
Blog text (11) -
Hal won't know, unless you tell him during pillow talk.
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Pillow talk is a ritual with many manifestations and consequences.
Blog text (11)
Synonyms
A private talk between two people in a quiet place
Antonyms
How Intimate
- Informal
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The components 'pillow' (bed setting) and 'talk' (conversation) transparently suggest a conversation that happens on a pillow/in bed, so a learner can infer a contextual meaning. However, the specific idiomatic nuance that this refers to an intimate or romantic private exchange between partners is not fully predictable from the parts alone and typically requires some exposure, so it is only partially transparent.
Etymology
Pillow talk comes from couples lying in bed with their heads on pillows, talking softly at night. Because these chats are private and full of feelings, pillow talk now means an 'intimate and private conversation between romantic partners'.