#Small #talk 

Small talk is an informal type of discourse that does not cover any functional topics of conversation or any transactions that need to be addressed. The phenomenon of small talk was initially studied in 1923 by Bronisław Malinowski, who coined the term "phatic communication" to describe it. Wikipedia noun polite #conversation about unimportant or uncontroversial matters, especially as engaged in on social occasions.  "propriety required that he face these people and make small talk"