Small talk used in bars to meet somebody. Comes off as non-threatening and casual, but effective for breaking the ice. Usually involves the discussion of some benign third party person or situation; i.e. the bartender, the weather or extremely drunk bar patrons.
Korey used his "by the way" conversation skills to introduce himself to two girls up at the bar in NYC over the weekend.
by Eggfoo March 17, 2004
A situation where two people begin conversing with each other, then one of them receives and answers a text while talking to the other person, usually with the texter continuing with "Yeah"'s and "uh huh""s
I was so mad yesterday when i was talking to my friend and he started a 2-and-a-half-way conversation, completely interrupting our discussion about quantum physics
by Michael Martin, August 30, 2008