Text chasm

[Julene]

Noun
An unnanounced hiatus in a text conversation, which can last any amount of time. It usually occurs when one of the conversing parties leaves their computer, or turns off their phone, and the remaining party is left hanging. Often the remaining chatter will fill the [text chasm] with assinine remarks, mistaking [the chasm] for [speechlessness]. When the missing chatter returns, sometimes the next day, the text chasm is collapsed.