chit-chat

• “The supervisor comes up and tries to chit-chat with me about the gym and how nice it is, etc.”

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• “They even sought to edit out what they consider irrelevant chit-chat on hours of FBI wiretap recordings, evidence at the heart of the government case, including a reference in one conversation to Blagojevich's famously bountiful locks.”

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• “It's fits well with your post about finding the right words to say to someone instead of the simple chit-chat we usually throw out there upon first meeting.”

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• “Never has she heard the cry of the chit-chat, the voice of her husband, the babble of her child.”

  The Sun of the Wolf

• “Just on the outside chance you are not steeped in the Oprah's gospel or missed her mutual admiration society chit-chat with Piers Morgan last night, here's all you need to know for your spiritual direction.”

  USA Today: Move over Moses, Jesus: Oprah the prophet is here

• “There's a bit of chit-chat, then it's time to work.”

  The Wall Street Journal: Dancing in Wonderland

• “I didn't want to get involved in idle chit-chat about nothing, meet somebody when they were drunk, call them the next day and have to remind them of the conversation we had.”

  The Huffington Post: David Wygant: The Post-Divorce Adult Challenge

• “I guess a tiny thank you to Sheila would be in order and yeah, a visual art chit-chat would be very groovy.”

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• “She will most likely be voted in, so why waste all this time on chit-chat??”

  Obama uses his White House e-mail list to praise Sotomayor

• “Hold the stern-faced medical chit-chat, too, Dr. Fairway.”

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