chit-chat

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Question popped into my head: why is Colin Winter wasting his time with idle chit-chat like this?

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Quick take

Light conversation; casual talk, usually about trivial matters.

Meaning at a glance

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noun

Light conversation; casual talk, usually about trivial matters.

noun

Gossip.

verb

(colloquial, intransitive) To engage in small talk, to discuss unimportant matters.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for chit-chat.

noun

Light conversation; casual talk, usually about trivial matters.

noun

Gossip.

verb

(colloquial, intransitive) To engage in small talk, to discuss unimportant matters.

Example sentences

Question popped into my head: why is Colin Winter wasting his time with idle chit-chat like this?

Sometimes people chit-chat, some show off, some 'talk shop', some quietly just do their thing.

Each Thursday I go and get my stuff, taste some local brewery beer and chit-chat with the producers.

You meet and get to chit-chat for about 10-15 minutes before the movie.

After you can continue to chit-chat and get dinner or coffee.

I didn't have to go through the morning ritual of chit-chat, coffee, etc.

They don't know the difference between polite chit-chat and real interest, and they don't know the difference between politely and rudely ending the conversation, which mostly works to your advantage.

If the conclusions of this study are validated, the food industry is going to be hit by a wave of class-action lawsuits that'll make cigarette litigation look like an amicable chit-chat.

However, unaware of this obviously, the driver tries to engage me in a chit-chat which further irritates me but I wouldn't be let it show on my face just to be not rude.

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The problem is that they tend to not know the difference between polite chit-chat and real interest, so any level of interaction above straight-up ignoring them makes you permanently their "buddy".

Anyway, I view most comment sections as informal/idle chit-chat, and not courtroom/dissertation situations where everything needs to be cited and/or "proved".

My sister still calls me during office hours to chit-chat - having exhausted the polite option I am forced to rudely terminate the conversation after 5 minutes: "I can't chit-chat at work." That being said the polite option not working is a very rare exception.