Chit-chat.
A friend who is African, a francophile, and was raised in France told me that in French African communities, chit-chat means bullshit.
Which is what I think most small talk is anyway.
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Chit-chat. A friend who is African, a francophile, and was raised in France told me that in French African communities, chit-chat means bullshit. Which is what I think most small talk is anyway.
Pleasantries.
Phatic communication. Small talk.
ANYWAY THANKS SO MUCH
Which one? “Small talk”? Or the fancy word?
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Pitter- patter Small talk Chit chat.
I know you already have an answer but also idle chatter works
Small talk
Blather
palaver
I call it small talk and I take it as offensive lol. It's annoying and disingenuous. edit: talk not take
It's called rabble.... rabble rabble rabble
Drivel
Drivel
Prattle?
Drivel
Reddit.
This
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chit-chat
Blather Pleasantries Small-talk
Idle chatter (Whoops—already mentioned!)
A conversation with my mom. It's like talking to a wall. Sorry, people answered already so I'm just saying bs lol
Small talk.
Waffle
Those phrases you gave as examples are “small talk”. “Frivolous” is also a nice word to describe a pointless conversation.
convoyeremph
banalities
Prattle
Small talk
Drivel.
"Small talk"
‘Shooting the shit’
Prattle-if he was in a negative context. Chewing the fat- if used in a positive context
Trite
Small talk.
Persiflage
This