A word/phrase for something that often comes up in conversations
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00:00 A Word/Phrase For Something That Often Comes Up In Conversations
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ANSWER 1
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You could say that it was on everyone's lips. MW defines this as:
being said or discussed by many people
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Collins Dictionary shows 'recurrent theme', with some examples.
In your usage, perhaps
As I recall, that was a recurrent theme in our conversations.
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— ever recurring question, frequent question
As I recall, that was an ever recurring question.
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As an informal term, at least in BE, "a regular" (substantivised adjective) is used:
OED
8b. Something done, happening, or appearing regularly in a particular context; a regular or habitual item, feature, event, etc.
a1980 A. Powell To Keep Ball Rolling III. iv. 77 Among other regulars in the critical columns were Elizabeth Bowen's rather staid notices of plays.
2006 N.Y. Times Mag. 26 Mar. 23/1 I have a charcoal grill... I cook all the regulars on it: steak, hamburgers, chicken, corn and hotdogs.