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chitchat

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as in chat
friendly, informal conversation or an instance of this a bit of chitchat over lunch with people we hadn't seen in a while

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“Chitchat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chitchat. Accessed 29 Nov. 2022.

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