Only Has A Shell Of A Vocabulary

(This happens while we are playing a game where you have to come up with a fake definition of a word.)

Friend: “Oh I can’t remember this word!”

Me: “Well, use a synonym.”

Friend: “There is no synonym! I just have to quickly Google something.”

(We wait while he checks on his phone and finishes his meaning. When the fake guesses are read out it is still unclear of what the problem was until the question reader passes the papers back.)

Friend #2: “What word was it that you needed?”

Friend #1: “The last word.”

Friend #2: “What, slugs?”

Friend #1: *embarrassed* “Yes. I just Googled snails without shells…”