When one person is driving the conversation and the other party only responds in small, unenthusiastic doses.
Dave: "Hey, are you going on a date with that girl you met the other day?"
Jackson: "No. I tried to set something up, but she started Conversational Starfishing every time I tried to find out more about her interests."
Jackson: "No. I tried to set something up, but she started Conversational Starfishing every time I tried to find out more about her interests."
by Kool Kunk March 31, 2025

Nice converses tall person
by Ticklepickle445 October 11, 2021

Basically talking to someone. This word is a combination of two words: conversation and communicate. The result being much the same but with double the effect.
by The real C mama January 7, 2022

Overheard or participated in conversations and or scenarios relating to biosecurity measures in social distancing during to the corona virus outbreak to prevent passing or bio matter from one person to the next that are absurd in nature.
71 year old lady has a fall and goes face first into the concrete lined tar road.
Social distancing conversation:
Woman stands 3 meters away and says:
"Are you ok? I don't want to get to close because I don't know what you have".
Social distancing conversations:
"Stay five feet away from me" a lady screeched at me while holding a large walking stick to to both threaten me and measure the distance between us.
Darling, we are in an aisle in the pharmacy, and you're shitting bricks and ready to clout me with your walking stick because I asked if you were in line.
Social distancing conversation:
Woman stands 3 meters away and says:
"Are you ok? I don't want to get to close because I don't know what you have".
Social distancing conversations:
"Stay five feet away from me" a lady screeched at me while holding a large walking stick to to both threaten me and measure the distance between us.
Darling, we are in an aisle in the pharmacy, and you're shitting bricks and ready to clout me with your walking stick because I asked if you were in line.
by Rusty spork March 24, 2020

Frank: " You know how to spot a social illiterate? Converse. All the crazy chicks wear them."
Bobby: "Ahh.. Converse Cultists. Yeah man. I've noticed that too."
Bobby: "Ahh.. Converse Cultists. Yeah man. I've noticed that too."
by Phantom649 June 3, 2019

1. A three-person conversation in which two people are competing to eventually sleep with a third person, usually by way of a shared conversational topic in which the two competitors are trying to show that they know more than the other.
“Dude did check out the Teddy Roosevelt Conversation happening on the couch! My money is on the tall one!”
by djxo October 14, 2025

When someone completely dominates a conversation, especially in a meeting, making all the possible salient points anyone else could possibly have made, then when anyone else tries to add a point, partially or completely dismisses their ideas.
Our retro was 100% the Rob show, conversational manspreading the first 20 minutes. When I finally could talk I said we need a security breach process. He interrupted me and said, "well I'm not concerned about that right now. Anyway it's not necessary."
by BrokenCoffeeCup April 18, 2023
