The tango vocabulary illusion

On all this analysis I was struggling to figure out, how on earth can you get away with a limited vocabulary and still manage to have interesting if not mind and soul-blowing conversations. I mean… I manage to have dances that blow my mind and my soul without the knowledge of the whole vocabulary. Is it that my conversations are like chitchat? Am I that shallow? Or is it something else I miss? A few weeks ago it dawned on me on my way to a milonga.