A social situation in which one wanders into an inescapable -and typically brutally awkward - conversation unwittingly. Often victims will step into the conversation bear trap with an innocuous greeting like, "Hey Deb, what's up?"
"Careful around that new Account Manager, dude's a conversation bear trap."
"Whatever you do, don't ask Andi about her wedding. Conversation bear trap."
"Whatever you do, don't ask Andi about her wedding. Conversation bear trap."
by bjenks July 2, 2009