chitchat

chitchat
    n 1: light informal conversation for social occasions [syn:
         {chitchat}, {chit-chat}, {chit chat}, {small talk}, {gab},
         {gabfest}, {gossip}, {tittle-tattle}, {chin wag}, {chin-
         wag}, {chin wagging}, {chin-wagging}, {causerie}]
    v 1: talk socially without exchanging too much information; "the
         men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze" [syn:
         {chew the fat}, {shoot the breeze}, {chat}, {confabulate},
         {confab}, {chitchat}, {chit-chat}, {chatter}, {chaffer},
         {natter}, {gossip}, {jaw}, {claver}, {visit}]
    

Chitchat \Chit"chat\, n. [From {Chat}, by way of reduplication.]
   Familiar or trifling talk; prattle.
   [1913 Webster]
    

33 Moby Thesaurus words for "chitchat":
      babble, back-fence gossip, backchat, beauty-parlor chitchat,
      cackle, chat, chatter, chitter, chitter-chatter, clack,
      cocktail-party chitchat, gabble, gossip, gossiping,
      gossipmongering, gossipry, groundless rumor, idle chat, idle talk,
      newsmongering, piece of gossip, prattle, small talk, story,
      table talk, tale, talebearing, taletelling, talk, talkee-talkee,
      tattle, tea-table talk, tittle-tattle