small material; minor story item; tidbit
Used for a small piece of content, such as a short article, filler material, or a minor news item.
A small item was printed in the corner of the magazine.
small joke; one-liner; gag
Refers to a short, light joke or humorous anecdote, often used in conversation or as filler in entertainment.
He is good at slipping in small jokes during conversation.
This blog post has all sorts of little tidbits worked into it.
He always cracks little jokes at drinking parties and makes everyone laugh.
I worked a little joke into my speech beforehand.
At the end of the show, they introduced a bit of behind-the-scenes trivia as a small tidbit.
小話 is a short anecdote or brief story told for entertainment, while 小ネタ (in its joke sense) is a quick one-liner or gag rather than a full narrative.
ギャグ is a punchy comedic gag, often performative, while 小ネタ can be a subtler or more casual joke dropped into conversation.
Standard kanji-katakana spelling; the reading こネタ is given.
Compound of 小 (ko, 'small') and ネタ (neta, 'material, story, joke'). ネタ is a slang reversal of 種 (tane, 'seed, source').