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- noun Alternative spelling of
small talk .
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Examples
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Everything that had felt false and forced about our small-talk conversations was punctured by this moment of truth.
Fallin’ Up Steve Dennis 2011
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The thing with Kim—and we made fun of her for this—is that she liked to spend time “connecting” with the audience, and her quick bursts of chat could often run into overly long monologues, like one of those inane, small-talk conversations between friends.
Fallin’ Up Steve Dennis 2011
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The thing with Kim—and we made fun of her for this—is that she liked to spend time “connecting” with the audience, and her quick bursts of chat could often run into overly long monologues, like one of those inane, small-talk conversations between friends.
Fallin’ Up Steve Dennis 2011
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The thing with Kim—and we made fun of her for this—is that she liked to spend time “connecting” with the audience, and her quick bursts of chat could often run into overly long monologues, like one of those inane, small-talk conversations between friends.
Fallin’ Up Steve Dennis 2011
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I talk to a lot of people throughout the course of my day; typically just small-talk focused upon the weekend or what athlete did steroids or got caught with a gun.
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Everything that had felt false and forced about our small-talk conversations was punctured by this moment of truth.
Fallin’ Up Steve Dennis 2011
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They are deliberately and skillfully lured in with requests for help, invitations to look at a puppy, or by making small-talk and not letting it end in a normal fashion and pushing themselves on people who are timid or afraid of hurting someone else 'feelings.
Judith Acosta, LISW, CHT: Nice But Not Good: The Art of Spotting Narcissists Judith Acosta 2010
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They are deliberately and skillfully lured in with requests for help, invitations to look at a puppy, or by making small-talk and not letting it end in a normal fashion and pushing themselves on people who are timid or afraid of hurting someone else 'feelings.
Judith Acosta, LISW, CHT: Nice But Not Good: The Art of Spotting Narcissists Judith Acosta 2010
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This wasn't an ordinary family and they didn't want a typical meet-the-parents scenario, with polite, closed small-talk, facades, and nothing real being exchanged between us.
Potsdamer Strasse #3 Jasoni 2011
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Everything that had felt false and forced about our small-talk conversations was punctured by this moment of truth.
Fallin’ Up Steve Dennis 2011
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