Chatgap

What is Chatgap?


1.

The lag between replies in an IM-style conversation: one person types a new statement BEFORE the other person types his/her reply to a previous statement, thus making it unclear in a humorous, surprising or even tragic way.

Eli: I just got accepted to go on the space shuttle.

Nina: Oh wow!

Eli: Oh, and one other thing.

Nina: You must be so excited!

Eli: I think my condom broke last night.

Nina: That's SO AMAZING!

Eli: Uh, chatgap?

Nina: Oh, snap! Chatgap!

Eli: BRB

See pregnant pause, awkward, awk, awkward silence, dot dot dot


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