WordNet
conversation stopper
n. a remark to which there is no polite conversational reply [syn: stopper]
Usage examples of "conversation stopper".
As a conversation stopper it was of Oscar-earning calibre, and in the breath-held aghast silence the front doorbell rang.
Being able to boast of such a dashing relation seemed to Nancy both glamorous and sophisticated like an old Noel Coward playand provided one glossed over the living-in-sin bit, Olivia and Cosmo Hamilton provided quite a good conversation stopper at dinner parties.