Idle Talk (Noun)
Meaning
Idle or foolish and irrelevant talk.
Classification
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents.
Examples
- At the dinner party, the idle talk about movie stars' personal lives dominated the conversation for hours.
- She avoided the gossip corner at work where coworkers often engaged in idle talk about their colleagues' personal affairs.
- He grew bored of the party as everyone around him seemed to indulge in idle talk and meaningless chatter.
- The office meeting was filled with so much idle talk that they barely covered any of the important agenda items.
- She tuned out the idle talk of her neighbors, preferring to focus on her book instead of their pointless discussions.