small talk

Casual or trivial conversation, chitchat, as in We stood around making small talk until the guest of honor arrived. The small in this expression alludes to unimportant subjects of conversation, as opposed to serious or weighty ones. [Mid-1700s]

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Nuan	-	Chinese
Karthika	-	Tamil, Indian, Malayalam
Libi	LEE-bee	Hebrew
BÍBorka	-	Hungarian
Sara	SAH-rah (Spanish, Finnish, Dutch, Polish), ZAH-rah (German), SER-ə (English), SAR-ə (English), SAH:-rah (Arabic)	Greek, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Catalan, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Icelandic, Finnish, German
Kshathra Vairya	-	Persian Mythology