Words similar to chatting

Example sentences for: chatting

How can you use “chatting” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

Now, if I were chatting with Al Gore outside that movie theater on Connecticut Avenue at this moment, we'd be stuck in a massive snowdrift.
He described them "in their Nike trainers, excitedly loading their Fuji film to take pictures with their Canons, chatting on their Nokia mobiles and dancing at the intersections to music from their Sonys" as "walking advertisements for the global economy."
Still, for all their delight in browsing and surfing, netizens seem to prefer chatting, personal and intimate communication.
My problem is that I've fallen for this guy I've been chatting with on the Internet for the past six months.
If chatting is friendly and informal, it must also be brief and pungent.