small talkn.

Brit.

/ˈsmɔːltɔːk/, U.S.

/ˈsmɔlˌtɔk/,

/ˈsmɑlˌtɑk/

Forms: see small adj. and n.² and talk n.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: small adj., talk n.

Etymology: < small adj. + talk n.

1. Light talk or conversation, esp. polite conversation about unimportant or uncontroversial matters, as engaged in on social occasions. Also figurative. not to have any small talk: to lack the ability to engage successfully in such conversation.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > conversation > [noun] > chatting or chat

confabulationc1450

device1490

chat1573

tittle-tattle?c1640

small talk1650

confab1701

chit-chat1710

jaw1748

small-talking1786

prose1787

rap1787

coze1804

talky-talky1812

clack1813

chit-chatting1823

cozey1837

gossip1849

mardlea1852

yarn1857

conflab1873

chinwag1879

chopsing1879

cooze1880

chatting1884

schmoozing1884

talky-talk1884

pitch1888

schmooze1895

coosy1903

wongi1929

yap1930

kibitz1931

natter1943

old talk1956

jaw-jaw1958

yacking1959

ole talk1964

rapping1967

1650 J. Trapp Solomonis Παναρετος (Prov. ix. 13) 84 Folly is full of words, and of a lavish tongue: her factours are extreme talkative..A great deale of small talk you shall usually have from them.

1741 Duke of Richmond Let. 2 Oct. in Corr. Dukes of Richmond & Newcastle (1984) 76 There can be no objection to him butt his small talke, there can be none against his actions.

1751 Ld. Chesterfield Let. 20 June (1932) (modernized text) IV. 1758 A sort of chit-chat, or small-talk, which is the general run of conversation..in most mixed companies.

1762 S. Lennox Life & Lett. (1901) I. 122 I have wrote a great deal of small talk, as Mercadie calls it.

1810 G. Crabbe Borough iii. 33 As your Tea you sip, While the Town Small-talk flows from lip to lip.

1885 J. Payn Talk of Town I. 18 The mere offer..may lead to volumes of small-talk.

1896 E. Gosse Crit. Kit-kats 158 Her manner, from shyness, was of a portentious solemnity,..she had no small talk whatever.

1929 R. Kipling Limits & Renewals (1932) 358 His mother did social small-talk without daring to stop, and Wilkie played up to her.

1932 A. Bell Cherry Tree xv. 216 One sits before it attending drowsily to the small talk of the flames.

1957 New Scientist 28 Nov. 21/2 He doesn't gossip, has no small talk, is driven by neither social, financial nor political ambition.

2008 Time Out N.Y. 19 June 8/1 Let's forgo the small talk and just go home with each other.

2. Computing. In form Smalltalk. An object-oriented programming language, originally intended for personal or educational use; (also) an object-oriented programming system comprising this language, a programming environment, and object library.Smalltalk is generally considered to be one of the earliest examples of a full object-oriented programming language.

ΚΠ

1972 Rolling Stone 7 Dec. 54/4 Alan [Kay] is designing a hand-held stand-alone interactive-graphic computer..called ‘Dynabook’... It has the Smalltalk language capability which lets people program their own things very easily.

1989 PC Mag. 17 Jan. 317/2 Actor..is a derivative of Smalltalk that runs under Windows.

1998 J. Farley Java Distributed Computing iii. 53 You may have valuable services already implemented in C, C++, or Smalltalk, and these services might be expensive to reimplement in Java.

2012 R. Napier & M. Kumar iOS 5 Programming iv. 55 Objective-C is not Java and it's not C++. It's really Smalltalk. Because few developers learn Smalltalk, most need to adjust their thinking.

Compounds

General attributive.

ΚΠ

1837 C. Dickens in Bentley's Misc. 1 516 Some young gentlemen, who had been cutting great figures in the facetious and small-talk way.

1905 A. Bennett Tales of Five Towns i. 22 ‘Will Harry be late at the works to-night again?’ she asked in her colder, small-talk manner, which committed her to nothing.

1977 Gay News 7 Apr. 16/3 He will begin in a very small talk kind of way about anything and before long he builds up a kind of empathy between him and the other person.

1998 M. Waites Little Triggers (1999) ii. 14 ‘Good night, was it?’ asked Larkin with a small-talk smile. ‘Ee, Steve, I'll have to tell you all about it. You wouldn't believe it.’

2004 D. Alper Trading Tatiana xi. 80 She communicated occasional small-talk froth, but nothing more, and she never asked me anything about my own past.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	small talk
释义	small talkn. Brit. /ˈsmɔːltɔːk/, U.S. /ˈsmɔlˌtɔk/, /ˈsmɑlˌtɑk/ Forms: see small adj. and n.² and talk n. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: small adj., talk n. Etymology: < small adj. + talk n. 1. Light talk or conversation, esp. polite conversation about unimportant or uncontroversial matters, as engaged in on social occasions. Also figurative. not to have any small talk: to lack the ability to engage successfully in such conversation. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > conversation > [noun] > chatting or chat confabulationc1450 device1490 chat1573 tittle-tattle?c1640 small talk1650 confab1701 chit-chat1710 jaw1748 small-talking1786 prose1787 rap1787 coze1804 talky-talky1812 clack1813 chit-chatting1823 cozey1837 gossip1849 mardlea1852 yarn1857 conflab1873 chinwag1879 chopsing1879 cooze1880 chatting1884 schmoozing1884 talky-talk1884 pitch1888 schmooze1895 coosy1903 wongi1929 yap1930 kibitz1931 natter1943 old talk1956 jaw-jaw1958 yacking1959 ole talk1964 rapping1967 1650 J. Trapp Solomonis Παναρετος (Prov. ix. 13) 84 Folly is full of words, and of a lavish tongue: her factours are extreme talkative..A great deale of small talk you shall usually have from them. 1741 Duke of Richmond Let. 2 Oct. in Corr. Dukes of Richmond & Newcastle (1984) 76 There can be no objection to him butt his small talke, there can be none against his actions. 1751 Ld. Chesterfield Let. 20 June (1932) (modernized text) IV. 1758 A sort of chit-chat, or small-talk, which is the general run of conversation..in most mixed companies. 1762 S. Lennox Life & Lett. (1901) I. 122 I have wrote a great deal of small talk, as Mercadie calls it. 1810 G. Crabbe Borough iii. 33 As your Tea you sip, While the Town Small-talk flows from lip to lip. 1885 J. Payn Talk of Town I. 18 The mere offer..may lead to volumes of small-talk. 1896 E. Gosse Crit. Kit-kats 158 Her manner, from shyness, was of a portentious solemnity,..she had no small talk whatever. 1929 R. Kipling Limits & Renewals (1932) 358 His mother did social small-talk without daring to stop, and Wilkie played up to her. 1932 A. Bell Cherry Tree xv. 216 One sits before it attending drowsily to the small talk of the flames. 1957 New Scientist 28 Nov. 21/2 He doesn't gossip, has no small talk, is driven by neither social, financial nor political ambition. 2008 Time Out N.Y. 19 June 8/1 Let's forgo the small talk and just go home with each other. 2. Computing. In form Smalltalk. An object-oriented programming language, originally intended for personal or educational use; (also) an object-oriented programming system comprising this language, a programming environment, and object library.Smalltalk is generally considered to be one of the earliest examples of a full object-oriented programming language. ΚΠ 1972 Rolling Stone 7 Dec. 54/4 Alan [Kay] is designing a hand-held stand-alone interactive-graphic computer..called ‘Dynabook’... It has the Smalltalk language capability which lets people program their own things very easily. 1989 PC Mag. 17 Jan. 317/2 Actor..is a derivative of Smalltalk that runs under Windows. 1998 J. Farley Java Distributed Computing iii. 53 You may have valuable services already implemented in C, C++, or Smalltalk, and these services might be expensive to reimplement in Java. 2012 R. Napier & M. Kumar iOS 5 Programming iv. 55 Objective-C is not Java and it's not C++. It's really Smalltalk. Because few developers learn Smalltalk, most need to adjust their thinking. Compounds General attributive. ΚΠ 1837 C. Dickens in Bentley's Misc. 1 516 Some young gentlemen, who had been cutting great figures in the facetious and small-talk way. 1905 A. Bennett Tales of Five Towns i. 22 ‘Will Harry be late at the works to-night again?’ she asked in her colder, small-talk manner, which committed her to nothing. 1977 Gay News 7 Apr. 16/3 He will begin in a very small talk kind of way about anything and before long he builds up a kind of empathy between him and the other person. 1998 M. Waites Little Triggers (1999) ii. 14 ‘Good night, was it?’ asked Larkin with a small-talk smile. ‘Ee, Steve, I'll have to tell you all about it. You wouldn't believe it.’ 2004 D. Alper Trading Tatiana xi. 80 She communicated occasional small-talk froth, but nothing more, and she never asked me anything about my own past. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1650
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