| Conversation starters |
| Conversation is ___ in which a man has all mankind for his competitors": Ralph Waldo Emerson |
| Loops into a conversation, briefly |
| Alphabetic starters |
| Awkward conversation fillers |
| As brisk as ___ in conversation": Samuel Johnson |
| Conversation opener? |
| Buck's candid conversation opener? |
| Approach indirectly, as a conversation subject |
| Bring into the conversation, quietly |
| Conversational gap |
| Alphabet starters |
| Adds to a conversation, as a remark |
| Uninspiring conversation partner |
| Starters who are stoppers |
| Conspirator's cautious conversation starter |
| Conversation continuer #3 |
| Lent starters |
| Grapevine starters? |
| ___ chatter (casual conversation) |
| Aid in choosing starters |
| Loops others into the email conversation |
| Poker-hand starters |
| How amorous firestarters might start the fire, or a golf scoring system interrupted? |
| What "voices rant on" is for "conversation |
| Disengaged from all conversation |
| Reminders to conversation monopolizers |
| Replacements for starters |
| NHL starters? |
| Conversational pauses |