We exchanged some chitchat about the weather.
a bit of chitchat over lunch with people we hadn't seen in a while
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People who have lots of weak ties, who make eye contact and idle chitchat with baristas and neighbors, feel happier than those who don’t, her studies find.—Olga Khazan, Vox, 11 Mar. 2025 Meanwhile, Green made do with a slightly depressing cafeteria lunch—a cheese-and-pickle sandwich and a shiny red apple—and some chitchat about the weather.—Nicola Twilley, The New Yorker, 3 Feb. 2025 There was a time in the not-so-distant past when people knew their neighbors’ names, made polite chitchat with strangers, and believed in fostering community — so say your older relatives unprompted at every conceivable opportunity.—Hershal Pandya, Vulture, 7 Jan. 2025 Hawkins makes this seem like a monumental spew of words rather than benign chitchat.—Matthew Schnipper, The Atlantic, 6 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for chitchat
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