pleasantries

About 0.34 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun plural of pleasantry
2. noun A short polite conversation before a serious conversation.

   exchanging pleasantries

3. noun Bad language; profanity; swearing.

Similar words

jokes foretalk intro presequence preface pre-interview preliminary proem pourparler pretalk

Often followed by

with and of were about in that to as

Word family

pleasantry