From en.wiktionary.org:
[smalltalk]
** English
*** Pronunciation
- [en]
*** Noun
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1. [en] Idle conversation , typically regarding innocuous or unimportant subject s, usually engage d in at social gathering s out of politeness .
2. * [chapter=VII]
3. * {{ quote-text | en | year=1910 | author=w:P. G. Wodehouse | title=Misunderstood
|passage=If he had a fault as a conversationalist, it was a certain tendency
to monotony, a certain lack of sparkle and variety in his SMALL-TALK.}}
1. * {{ quote-journal | en | date=June 10 2009 | author=John Cloud | title=Michael Jackson 1958–2009 | journal= 吴语: Time (magazine) | titleurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100919094741/http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1907409_1907486_1907480-3,00.html
|passage=Yet for so public a figure, Jackson was socially awkward, inept at
SMALL TALK and terrified when the distant audience became an adoring mob.}}
**** Alternative forms
- [en]
**** Synonyms
- [idle conversation] [en] , [en] , [en] ; _see also_ Thesaurus:chatter [meaningless types]
**** Derived terms
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**** Descendants
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**** Translations
[idle conversation]
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