chit-chat

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With Chuck Moses and his Jazz Band trio filling the atmosphere with relaxing tunes, patrons were able to mingle, chit-chat and enjoy a light snack as they filled the Memorial Rose Garden and the parking lot of the Guadalupe County Annex.

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  1. Familiar or careless talk or conversation; prattle; gossip. Nothing can be more unlike than the inflated finical rhapsodies of Shaftesbury and the plain, natural chit-chat of Temple. Lamb, Genteel Style in Writing. This chit-chat is to yourself only, … and must only be read to Sally, and not spoken of to any body else. Franklin, Life, p. 428. The common chit-chat of the town. Tatler, No. 197.

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  • By bringing the discussion here, it would then not cause the other threads to get derailed liao, plus, afterall, this is a chit-chat thread for us to chit-chat about any CAL matters .. xdivider dun see a prob with that. —  www.hardwarezone.com.sg
  • "Being able to watch the games makes me feel more like I'm at home, since there aren't any pro teams over here, and it keeps me connected with my family, because it gives us something to just chit-chat over," Sandefur wrote.
  • If your granddad pays regular visits just to chit-chat without bringing grandma along, your mom is probably hot. —  Original Signal - Transmitting Digg
  • With Chuck Moses and his Jazz Band trio filling the atmosphere with relaxing tunes, patrons were able to mingle, chit-chat and enjoy a light snack as they filled the Memorial Rose Garden and the parking lot of the Guadalupe County Annex. —  The Gazette-Enterprise: News
  • I do subscribe to the "amps" reflector and there's amplifier chit-chat on there every day about every kind of failure under the sun, and I haven't heard of this one before. —  eHam.net News
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  1. A varied redupl. of chat, q. v., imitative of continual talking; cf. Hind, kich kich, kach kach, chit-chat, gossip.
 

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