The temporary cessation of actions and/or speech by a person, used to amplify the significance or seriousness of a situation. Examples of its (excessive) use are found in dialogues involving Agent Smith of The Matrix or Cancer Man of The X-Files.

Some people think they can make movies out of dramatic pauses, they don't realise that:

You need something to put between the dramatic pauses.

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