Why “deipnosophy” is a great word
DEIPNOSOPHY — [Noun] Learned or witty conversation, especially of a philosophical nature, conducted during a meal. From Ancient Greek δεῖπνον (deîpnon, "dinner, main meal") + σοφία (sophía, "knowledge, wisdom"). Unlike "table talk," which denotes general, informal chatter, or a "symposium," a formal drinking party, deipnosophy is the specific elevation of the shared meal into an intellectual communion. It is the claret-stained quip that illuminates a political principle, the debate on virtue conducted between the soup and the fish course, and the warmth of faces animated by ideas rather than gossip—a fleeting testament to the human compulsion to season mere sustenance with the salt of thought.