What is Dead Air?
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1. An uncomfortable period of awkward silence that usually occurs in a tense social setting;
2. A period of time during which a television show is broadcast without an audio portion.
Man 1: How was the blind date?
Man 2: OK, but we ran out of things to say while we were at the bar. When we sat down for dinner, neither one of us could think of a thing to say. It was 100% dead air for about five minutes.
Man 1: So you didn't get laid?
Man 2: Asshat.
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