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Merriam Webster:

Entry Word: small talk
Function: n
Text: light or casual conversation <had to make small talk at the cocktail party>
Synonyms bavardage, by-talk, chitchat, chitter-chatter, trifling
Related Word badinage, banter, repartee; babble, babbling, bibble-babble, 
             chatter, prattle, prattling, prittle-prattle 

WordNet 1.6

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The noun "small talk" has 1 sense in WordNet.
1. chitchat, small talk, gab, gabfest, gossip, tittle-tattle, chin-wag, chin-wagging,
causerie -- (light informal conversation for social occasions)
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AJK definition

At its worst: incomprehensible nonsense, avoiding to say 'as is'. 


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