Chatting

A group of people (the Interlocutors or Interlocutor_1 and Interlocutor_2 together) have a conversation. No person is construed as only a speaker or only an addressee. Rather, it is understood that both (or all) participants do some speaking and some listening--the process is understood to be symmetrical or reciprocal. In this frame, the purpose of the conversation is generally social, rather than specifically to decide something or exchange information, or to quarrel (see Discussion and Quarreling). If you ain't got nothin' better to do, I 'd like to shoot the breeze with you for a couple. We used to chat about everything.