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Phatic token

My knowledge of its meaning is this:

Phatic - a polite form, but not polite as a statement.

Token - a measure, suggestion, small offer..

Phatic token means to socially fuel the conversational dialog in as far as being polite, drumming up a dialog, a social mood enhancer. For example

"your welcome"

"thanks"

"its cold out, isn't it?"

"you seem to know what your doing"

"its not not my fault is it?"

"do you work her?"

They do not have to be questions, it could simply be an utterance, a token sentence of no importance.

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