tumbleweed-moment
Noun
(plural tumbleweed moments)
- (UK, figuratively, broadcasting) A period of dead air or stony, unresponsive silence.
Origin
From the motif in westerns where the wind blows tumbleweeds through the scene, usually to establish that the place is desolate or empty
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