To get together and have a tete-a-tete. Or to sit on the couch with a coffee for a quick tete-a-tete. She leaned forward and confided tete-a-tete that she'd been seeing someone new.
a) tête-â- tête: a French de France term meaning: a private face-to-face conversation, excluding all "technological" communication devices including regular mail.
b) (when the word is used in an oral or written request): a request for a future private face-to-face meeting
do we even, as a society, know what the term tête-â- tête as in my definition a) above refers to, or do did we, in our technologically convenient world forget what it is?
a) tête-â- tête: a French de France term meaning: a private face-to-face conversation, excluding all "technological" communication devices including regular mail.
b) (when the word is used in an oral or written request): a request for a future private face-to-face meeting
That strange condition of instant intimacy afforded through text message conversations. An unanticipated emotional closeness facilitated through the use of messaging technology.
Susan had simply exchanged glances and phone numbers with that guy who tried to pick her up on Friday. Over the next two days, though, through a series of tete-a-texts, she was amazed at all the personal stories about herself she'd given away.