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Any re-engagement of conversation, after an awkward pause, employing the word "So." Can be used in online chatting situations and the occasional face-to-face meeting.
After allowing a more-than-liberal amount of time for Jane to reply to his heart-exposing speech via chat window, and not certain whether or not she grasped the full gravity of his passion, John eased back into the conversation with a heavy, yet casual, ellipso. "So...," he said, closely watching the "last message sent at 1:30 a.m." get further and further into the past.
Ellipso by latenightwith June 30, 2009
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ellipsis abuse 

When someone repeatedly, indeed excessively, uses the ellipsis (...) in written text to give an impression of the flow of spoken conversation. Mostly just looks more artificial; usually indicates poor knowledge of internet etiquette on the part of an older generation. Commonly found by old people trying to communicate on Facebook.
Person 1: *insert humorous Facebook status obviously intended for appreciation by friends*
Person 2: *commenting* Hey... how is it going... just checking in... everything's good here... see you later.
Person 1: Wow. Not only did you hijack my status for an irrelevant personal conversation, but you employed serious ellipsis abuse. Thanks, dad.
Person 2: Don't forget the milk... can you call me when you get here... thanks... see you soon.
Ellipsis: THE PAIN!
ellipsis abuse by Robanes September 4, 2013
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Ellipses Moment 

When you have an awkward moment with someone, and instead of saying "dot dot dot", like you would use in a text message, you call this moment an ellipses moment.
When a douche bag walked in the room, we all felt awkward and declared it was an ellipses moment.

ellipsis 

An ellipsis is a series of three or more periods (...) inserted into a sentence to indicate a pause or silence. Ellipses are usually used in dialogue. Ellipses are used today in lieu of other proper punctuation.

An ellipsis can also be used to indicate the ommission or suppression of a word or phrase.

Latin ellpsis, from Greek elleipsis, from elleipein, to fall short.

Plural: ellipses
"I was thinking... well... maybe we could... ummmm.... go out sometime Sally."

"Why don't you just .... off!"
ellipsis by Ryan Paton February 25, 2004

FAKE_ELLIPOG27 

AN INSANE JARVIS GAMER WHO IS THE BEST PERSON AT PVP IN THE WORLD.
"Why is that guy so weird"
"IT'S FAKE_ELLIPOG27"

ellipsising 

to only respond to a conversation with an ellipsis, repeatedly, usually accompanied with frustration from the one who is getting ellipsised
Jeremy:
omg. they're really cool.

Kathie:
...

Jeremy:
really!

Kathie:
...

Jeremy:
grrr.

Kathie:
...

Jeremy:
why are you ellipsising me?!?

Kathie:
ellipsising? that's not a word.

Jeremy:
oh yeah? look it up on www.urbandictionary.com
ellipsising by Kousy March 12, 2010

ellipsis 

Plural: ellipses
A series of three or more periods. This usually indicates a pause or silence, or is used when a sentence is left incomplete. Common in text-based conversations.
Example of an ellipsis:
Jake: Well, I was going to do my homework, but...
Mom: But what?
Jake: ...
ellipsis by Sakura Neko February 6, 2012
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