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Conversation plough

To plough on with a conversational monologue thats stopped interesting anyone anymore.
Usually realised when, having finished your point, you are met with a silent room and you have killed the conversation
Person :....so once Id edited the fstab I got it to recognise the DVD Drive!

*silence*

Person: Conversation plough?

Room: yeah.
by Agarag March 29, 2009
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necro-conversing

Rehashing an old conversation.
"Remember when we talked about your brain being the size of your nipple?"
"No... Was I drunk? It's way too early in the morning for necro-conversing."
by omgchrista March 30, 2010
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Conversation Wedge

a. when two or more of your friends (or even strangers) are talking, and you come up between them and insert yourself in the conversation
b. when you are in a conversation and say something really awkward and the conversation stops because you can't say anything else
a. "Did you see how Jenny just came up and started talking to us? She's such a conversation wedge."
b. Person A: "Yeah so I was at my dad's girlfriend's place, and all I could notice was how she left her clothes everywhere!"
Person B: "I love smelling underwear."
Person A: "That's awkward. Why do you always have to create a conversation wedge?"
by rentaninja June 6, 2011
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conversational decay

Conversational decay refers to the amount of time it takes for a conversation with a stranger to die down to stagnation.

In-person:

Let's say you met someone from your class or work for the first time and start talking about mutual interests, the decay of that conversation wouldn't be as quick. Therefore, it's reasonable to state that the conversational decay would be somewhere between 30 minutes to an hour.

Online:

If you meet someone on Discord for the first time and start a regular conversation with them, it is estimated that it may take between 1 minute to a few weeks for your conversation to completely stagnate with them.
The person Harry matched up with on Bumble seemed pretty promising but, the conversational decay was under 10 minutes.
by Tobio Mark January 14, 2023
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Robbing the conversation

When a complete asshole takes over a private conversation already in progress an ignores one of the people previously in the conversation.

If one does this to his friends, he will soon have none.
Jason is hanging out with Seth and Brad and just talking about whatever. John comes in and starts talking about other shit that Jason isn't a part of, forcing him out of the conversation.

Eventually, Seth and Brad catch on that he is robbing the conversation and they beat the snot out of John.
by Jimmy the Dick September 23, 2010
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Conversation Napalm

A scorched earth approach to obliterating someone's conversation that is not your own.
Interrupting a conversation and quickly dominating the topic, or changing it entirely.

Much like Conversation Hijack, but with a militant approach.
Jody and I were having a private conversation when Carol walked in, asked us what we were talking about, and then quickly changed the topic to something she was interested in - Obliterating our conversation with Conversation Napalm.
by WordSmithDave October 9, 2013
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conversational drift

The path of a conversation that takes an abrupt turn from the beginning of a thread to the end of a thread.

conversation, conversational, drift, ass, comment
Amanda: If you want to be well liked post something about getting things shoved up your ass.

...several people contribute comments. to a very different last comment of,

Roman:Do you love how this went from getting things shoved up your ass to getting an MBA?
...this is "conversational drift"

conversation, conversational, drift, ass, comment
by Fano Boss February 4, 2012
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