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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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On the Daytime Emmy-winning show, Marshall would deliver silly questions that segued into entertaining chitchat and inside jokes with comics such as Joan Rivers, Rose Marie and Paul Lynde — the longtime, snarky center square on the set.
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Nardine Saad, Los Angeles Times, 15 Aug. 2024
All walks of life chitchat or sip pomegranate margaritas from the back patio Tiki bar or the main stage bar under the hum of live music.
—Kayleigh Ruller, Charlotte Observer, 28 June 2024
Remember, no private chitchat is ever entirely safe — gossipers, after all, love to pass on gossip.
—Danielle Abril, Washington Post, 27 June 2024
Capturing neural activity can be like trying to record chitchat between two people in a packed stadium, says Douglas Weber, a mechanical engineer and neuroscientist at Carnegie Mellon University.
—Lauren Leffer, Scientific American, 7 June 2024
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Nardine Saad, Los Angeles Times, 15 Aug. 2024
All walks of life chitchat or sip pomegranate margaritas from the back patio Tiki bar or the main stage bar under the hum of live music.
—Kayleigh Ruller, Charlotte Observer, 28 June 2024
Remember, no private chitchat is ever entirely safe — gossipers, after all, love to pass on gossip.
—Danielle Abril, Washington Post, 27 June 2024
Capturing neural activity can be like trying to record chitchat between two people in a packed stadium, says Douglas Weber, a mechanical engineer and neuroscientist at Carnegie Mellon University.
—Lauren Leffer, Scientific American, 7 June 2024
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“Chitchat.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chitchat. Accessed 2 Oct. 2024.
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chitchat
noun
chit·chat
ˈchit-ˌchat 
: small talk, gossip
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