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Small Talk


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Small talk is a style of social communication. It refers to polite conversation about unimportant or uncontroversial matters, especially when engaged in on social occasions or as a warm-up in work or networking situations. Small talk is assumed to build rapport and nurture relationships because it helps develop interpersonal interest in, and understanding of, one another.

See also Rapport

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