chitchat

"Chitchatting" means talking for entertainment. When you "chitchat" with someone, you're not really saying anything important.

The word "chitchat" can seem a little negative in sentences like this:

I don't have time to chitchat!

But it doesn't sound really negative, so you can also say things like:

We had a nice chitchat while we were waiting.

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