pop\ the\ stack

pop\ the\ stack
To revert back to previous topic in a conversation that has wandered across many subjects.
Borrowed from computer science, similar in meaning to backlist.

I told Joan about the interesting factoid I heard on the radio, we got to talking about about other radio stations, then advertising, and then Gap. Then she popped the stack and asked me about what radio program I was listening to.


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