my $.02
davefla, you beat me to the punch on the word "conversate"...ha
i feel the same way so i looked it up...
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/conversate
it is a word! it is catergorized as slang, but nevertheless it is a word.
with a little perserverance, in a few years this will be added to our language as "proper" instead of "slang".
the same thing was true with words like "bling". it is now simply considered a noun. go figure!
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/bling