What does digress mean and why might kids use it in conversations?

[Mack]

I recently heard my child use the word digress, and I’m not completely sure what it means in this context. Can someone explain the meaning of digress and how it’s typically used in everyday conversations? I’d like to better understand the terms kids use so I can follow along more easily when they speak or write.

 

[nancy]

To digress is to momentarily abandon the topic of discussion or writing. Children tend to revolve around something and come back to a place after a detour, and they say, "But I digress. It is commonly employed to sound more civilized or in order to sarcastically admit that they have lost their flow of thought.