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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Casual or trivial conversation.
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- noun idiomatic
Idle conversation , typically oninnocuous orunimportant subjects, usually engaged in at social gatherings out ofpoliteness .
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- noun light informal conversation for social occasions
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muamor commented on the word small talk
Phoney and phonetic language.
March 3, 2008