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chitchatting

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chit·chat

[chit-chat] noun, verb, -chat·ted, -chat·ting.
noun
1.
light conversation; casual talk; gossip.
verb (used without object)
2.
to indulge in chitchat; gossip.

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Chitchatting is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.

Origin:
1700–10; gradational compound based on chat

chit·chat·ty, adjective
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chitchat
1710, diminishing reduplicated from chat.
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chitchat definition

[ˈtʃɪt tʃæt]
  1. n.
    talk; idle talk. : That's enough chitchat. Please get to work.
  2. n.
    a short, friendly conversation. : I'd like to have a little chitchat with you when you have time.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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