Words at Play : Top 10 User-Submitted Words, Vol. 5
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#1: Nonversation

Definition:

(noun) : conversation that seems meaningless or without logic

Example:

"There's a 45-minute wait at the bus office until our coach leaves. Billy disappears to buy water and I strike up a nonversation (smile, nod, hello, Ingalis) with a Kurdish man with a scar on his cheek, who gestures for me to play the guitar." – blog post at UnPlaned.com, March 20, 2010

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