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The phrase "around chatting about" is not standard in written English and may sound awkward.
It could be used informally in conversational contexts, but it is better to use clearer expressions.
Example: "We were just sitting around chatting about our weekend plans."
Alternatives: "discussing" or "talking about".
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They wander around, chatting about love and philosophy and God.
There's a lot of boredom, lying around, chatting about families, making dumb jokes.
This is probably kidding around, chatting about school, etc.
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Graham looked around, chatting with Pettitte, talking about his development of the cut fastball.
Jerry Seinfeld's Web series, "Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee," consists of little more than Mr. Seinfeld driving around and chatting about work and life with other comedians in 10- to 20-minute episodes shot on sunny days in and around New York or Los Angeles.
We stand around, chatting.
Don't hang around chatting.
What did you chat about?
(Vilem's younger daughter mostly sits around swinging and chatting about nothing whatsoever on her cellphone, to no comic purpose).
We had a lovely time strolling around the neighborhood, chatting about her recent engagement to the filmmaker Daryl Wein (they did a movie together called Lola Versus) and the new season of her NBC show, "Whitney," which will have its premiere later this month.
In the moments before each class started, you walked around and talked to us, chatting about the course, asking about our weekend or just joking around.
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