Idiom
small talk
Meaning
Idle conversation, typically regarding innocuous or unimportant subjects, usually engaged in at social gatherings out of politeness.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“She hates small talk at parties.”
“While waiting for the meeting to start, the two colleagues made small talk about the weather.”
“Trapped beside a stranger at the wedding dinner, he endured forty minutes of small talk about house prices and gardening before excusing himself.”
Examples
simple
“She hates small talk at parties.”
contextual
“While waiting for the meeting to start, the two colleagues made small talk about the weather.”
complex
“Trapped beside a stranger at the wedding dinner, he endured forty minutes of small talk about house prices and gardening before excusing himself.”
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