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conversational reflexes 

1. how deftly an individual can adapt a story or sentence they are currently telling to steer the mood of the listeners in their favor

2. how quickly an individual can fabricate a believable story while under scrutiny
A real-life instance of good Conversational Reflexes:

I just was going 125mph in my rental car 10min before reaching a security checkpoint.

Officer: "is that a rental? how fast does it go?"

Me: "I wouldn't know, this car is really slow"

conversationalising 

The word you use when you dont want to tell someone what you are talking about
Person walks up...

"hey what you talking about?"

"OH we're just conversationalising."

"Aaah.."

The person turns and walks away as the others carry on conversationalising.
conversationalising by mrjammer February 5, 2010

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."
conversational coma by tecdelver September 30, 2013

Conversational Kills 

A word or sentence that instantly kills any conversation.
John: "Oh hi! How are the kids?"
Susan: "I ate them."

Carl: "Have you seen Susan lately?"
John: "No, her conversational kills freak me out."

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

conversationise 

To have a conversation.
I conversationise for a very long time
I conversationised for 2 hours
conversationise by Hue iron bolt November 11, 2019