orbital conversation

A conversation whose topic is centered on an individual who is present but not participating.
Jack: "Did you hear about Cory? Man, he's such a tool."
Joe: "Yeah really. What a meathead."
Jimbob: "I never liked that Cory guy either."
Cory: "I hate orbital conversations."
by travipross June 04, 2014
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Conversational Drift

When a conversation in a text chat or irl gets way off track
Jake: and that’s why I can’t trust someone who likes pineapple on pizza!
John: true lmao, we had some real conversational drift here. Got way off our topic of The Florida trip
by Golden Spider June 13, 2019
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conversation catalyst

The introduction of a new thread in a conversation, made to keep an otherwise flagging conversation ongoing.
That fact about the discovery of Teflon stayed with me for some reason. I haven’t thought about Teflon since God knows when.”
“This morning,” said Howard. “It’s amazing how those factoids surface.”
“Conversation catalysts,” replied Barry.
by yalebno June 14, 2010
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Conversation Rabies

The foaming that occurs in the back of your mouth while talking at full-on motormouth speed. Usually causes discomfort and interrupts rambling conversations.
Sarah: "...and then I was like, OMG that purse had Brianna's cell phone in it and I could totally hijack that and then--"
Mike: "And then..what??"
Sarah: "*gulp*Yeah sorry, I got conversation rabies for a moment there. So anyways..."
by SarahStarz July 10, 2010
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Converse Boy

A boy (or man), unknown to all others by his birth right name. Basically a heart throb to all that know him as converse boy. Purely distinguishable by the shoes he has chosen to wear, placed on his feet( converse).
Girl: “hey do you know where converse boy lives? Where can I find converse boy”

Converse boy: “I’m converse boy, now watch a movie with me”
by _Benjin March 01, 2019
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conversational coma

An eye-glazing lethargy induced by an individual that insists on explaining in depth a subject of little or no interest to his audience. More prevalent in mixed groups of engineers, scientists, and non-technical people.
"Laurie felt herself slipping into a conversational coma as a guy named Bob, a geologist she met at the party, insisted on explaining in detail why pyroxene and amphibole minerals were present in metamorphic terranes, whatever all that stuff is."
by tecdelver October 01, 2013
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Conversation Sync

When you're talking to two people online and the same topic comes up in both conversations at the same time, completely unplanned by you.
Chat 1: I went to the beach today, I was so scared when I saw the 'Beware of Sharks' sign!
Chat 2: I just watched Jaws, best movie ever!
You: Major Conversation Sync.
by Mattpwns February 13, 2011
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