uncomfortable silence

(idea) by Frater 219 Mon Oct 30 2000 at 23:06:11
That which descends upon a room or conversation when someone says or does something untoward.

In a moderately famous Far Side cartoon, an uncomfortable silence descends upon a cocktail party of dogs when one dog mentions that he has worms.

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