The act of supplying a person with irrelevant information about oneself in an attempt to appear friendly and normal to a person one is meeting for the first time. This practice I'd particularly important to extroverts (people who take pleasure in spewing random bits of their life stories at anybody who will listen,) who use it to try to judge and impress others with the ability to observe the weather and remember how many siblings they have. Unfortunately, these skills are widely regarded by introverts as both unimpressive and anyway pointless due to the fact that introverts and extroverts alike do not usually give a damn about how long their neighbors have been married and are not likely to remember unless their neighbors are close friends, in which case small talk usually isn't used anyway. Note: all people resort to small talk in uncomfortable situations.
Person 1: How was the new Star Trek movie?
Person 2: It was great except the people I went with have never even watched any other Star Trek before. Most of the car ride was awkward small talk.
Person 2: It was great except the people I went with have never even watched any other Star Trek before. Most of the car ride was awkward small talk.
by galaxyhiker May 18, 2013
Get the small talkmug. 
by Diego August 18, 2003
Get the biggie smallsmug. small, insignificant; small or insignificant in quantity
comes from the Irish potatoe famine from 1845 - 1849, as potatoes was the main food source in Ireland. Used to describe the small surviving potatoes that were picked
comes from the Irish potatoe famine from 1845 - 1849, as potatoes was the main food source in Ireland. Used to describe the small surviving potatoes that were picked
by stanzz October 28, 2006
Get the Small Potatoesmug. by Hdbeve ssnjebdvddv January 3, 2017
Get the mikey smallmug. Getting high.
Often used by members of the earlier years of Gen X or those who have recently discovered/are way too into the comedy career of Steve Martin who did a bit about "getting small," using it as a bizarre kind of antonym-based euphemism for smoking marijuana ("getting HIGH" vs "getting SMALL") and juxtaposed it with images of tiny people imbibing maijuana and speaking squeakily.
Often used by members of the earlier years of Gen X or those who have recently discovered/are way too into the comedy career of Steve Martin who did a bit about "getting small," using it as a bizarre kind of antonym-based euphemism for smoking marijuana ("getting HIGH" vs "getting SMALL") and juxtaposed it with images of tiny people imbibing maijuana and speaking squeakily.
by FerventlyChilled October 6, 2017
Get the get smallmug. 