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fireside

American  
[fahyuhr-sahyd] / ˈfaɪərˌsaɪd /

noun

  1. Also called hearthside. the space about a fire or hearth.

  2. home.

  3. home or family life.


adjective

  1. informal and friendly in manner.

    The politician's fireside manner helped her win votes.

fireside British  
/ ˈfaɪəˌsaɪd /

noun

  1. the hearth

  2. family life; the home

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of fireside

First recorded in 1555–65; fire + side 1


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“We’re very excited about the prospect of stablecoins and our role in that regulatory and supervisory landscape,” Gould said Wednesday during a fireside chat at the Wyoming Blockchain Symposium.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026

So they created interview segments where she would sit down with guests and talk to them in a more personal way, these fireside chats.

From Salon ● Jul. 5, 2026

Musk is scheduled to host a fireside chat with ASML’s chief executive, Christophe Fouquet, and discuss AI, robotics, space exploration and chip manufacturing.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 8, 2026

Benchmark analyst Cody Acree said he came away from a fireside chat with Intel more confident that investors were still underestimating 2027 and 2028 earnings power and the multiples the stock could earn.

From Barron's ● May 19, 2026

Men muttered in small cabals or threatened one another by the fireside, cutting each other with their eyes and hissing, vaunting superiority in their familiarity with the Unseen.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson

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