chat-trap

1. informal one-sided conversation between two people, one of which is on their way elsewhere and is delayed by the other's inane discussion on a variety of subjects for no reason whatsoever other than to hear their own voice. Chat-trapped, chat-trapping, chat-trapper.

Used in a sentence, verb:

Leah was chat-trapped by Dianne in the washroom for fifteen minutes today.

Used in a sentence, noun:

Don't walk near that cubicle or you will be caught in a chat-trap with Damien!

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