#conversation speech used for informal exchange of views
supertype: #speech_communication__speech__spoken_language__language__voice_communication__voicecommunication__oral_communication communication by word of mouth; "his speech was slurred"; "the telephone greatly increased the range of speech communication"; "he uttered harsh language"; "he recorded the spoken language of the streets"
subtype: #crossfire.conversation a lively or heated interchange of ideas and opinions
subtype: #phatic_speech__phatic_communication conversational speech used to communicate sociability more than information
subtype: #exchange.conversation a mutual expression of views (especially an unpleasant one); "they had a bitter exchange"
subtype: #chat__confab__confabulation__schmoose an informal conversation
subtype: #chitchat__small_talk__smalltalk__gab__gabfest__gossip__tittle-tattle__chin-wag__chin-wagging__causerie light informal conversation for social occasions
subtype: #gossiping__gossipmongering a conversation that spreads personal information about other people
subtype: #scandalmongering spreading malicious gossip
subtype: #talking__talk an exchange of ideas via conversation; "let's have more work and less talk around here"
subtype: #shop_talk talk about your business that only others in the same business can understand
subtype: #dialogue__dialog__duologue a conversation between two persons
subtype: #yakety-yak__yak__chatter noisy talk
subtype: #prate__idle_talk__blether__chinmusic idle or foolish and irrelevant talk
subtype: #idle_words__wind__jazz__nothingness__nothingnes empty rhetoric or insincere or exaggerated talk; that's a lot of wind"; "don't give me any of that jazz"
subtype: #pious_platitude__cant insincere talk about religion or morals
subtype: #nothings inconsequential conversation; "they traded a few nothings as they parted"
subtype: #sweet_nothings__honeyed_words__honeyedword inconsequential expressions of affection; "he whispered sweet nothings into her ear"
subtype: #commerce social exchange, especially of opinions, attitudes, etc.
subtype: #colloquy formal conversation
subtype: #rap (informal) voluble conversation
subtype: #rap_session__rapsession conversation in a situation where feelings can be expressed and criticized or supported
subtype: #table_talk__tabletalk conversation during a meal
subtype: #telephone_conversation__telephoneconversation a conversation over the telephone
subtype: #tete-a-tete a private conversation between two people
subtype: #pillow_talk intimate conversation between lovers (typically occurring in bed)
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