| Conversation starters |
| Conversation is ___ in which a man has all mankind for his competitors": Ralph Waldo Emerson |
| Amorphous space fillers |
| Loops into a conversation, briefly |
| Most awkward |
| Conversation opener? |
| British prescription fillers |
| Awkward argument |
| Gully fillers |
| Awkward conversation fillers |
| As brisk as ___ in conversation": Samuel Johnson |
| Ed.'s inbox fillers |
| Adds to a conversation, as a remark |
| Buck's candid conversation opener? |
| Approach indirectly, as a conversation subject |
| Bring into the conversation, quietly |
| Ballot box fillers? |
| Magazine fillers |
| Conspirator's cautious conversation starter |
| Conversational gap |
| Uninspiring conversation partner |
| What "voices rant on" is for "conversation |
| Loops others into the email conversation |
| Carton fillers |
| Hesitant, awkward agreement? |
| Folder fillers |
| Conversation continuer #3 |
| ___ chatter (casual conversation) |
| Atomizer fillers |
| Gap fillers? |