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DEFINITION: To ask someone to look at one thing, when you really want them to look at another thing, which is better left unspecified.
Verboticisms
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Lookothere
Created by: timmy
Pronunciation: Look o there
Sentence: Lookothere now!
Etymology:
Taintalize
Created by: maxxy
Pronunciation: TAYNT-a-lyz
Sentence: Eager to show off his new hairline, but ashamed to admit he wore a toupee, Jim taintalized his friends with a new pair of gold aviator specs.
Etymology: tain't (as in, "Tain't funny, McGee) + tantalize
Divriage
Created by: Lyokia
Pronunciation: div-ree-ahge
Sentence: She divriaged his attention to get him to notice her over his wife.
Etymology: from diverage
Fishingleer
Created by: bohdel
Pronunciation:
Sentence: She used a fishingleer to pick up guys at the bar. "Just look at how I spilt this on my shirt," she'd say, "I'll never be able to wear it again."
Etymology:
Sublure
Created by: Manhattan
Pronunciation: Sub-lour
Sentence: The woman was playing him for stupid, making sure he wasn't aware of her tactics to sublure him.
Etymology: The prefix sub- + the word lure
Difostentate
Created by: grammatically
Pronunciation: dif-os-TEN-tate
Sentence: Jim kept trying to difostentate towards his belt when I knew he wanted to show off something else.
Etymology: "dif" from root DIFFERENT; "osten" from root OSTENTATIOUS
Akuticumon
Created by: Chistinalove
Pronunciation: A - cute - a - come - on
Sentence: She's such a tramp, she's constantly using akuticumon on my boyfriend.
Etymology: A cute come on
Focalredirection
Created by: stormee
Pronunciation: Foe-cool-ree-direction
Sentence: Amy used focalredirection to direct the man to look at her ample chest.
Etymology: Focal: To look or see. Redirection: To direct attention to a particular area.
Plexiview
Created by: ancientSept
Pronunciation: plex-e-vee-yoo
Sentence: She asked him to plexiview her earrings.
Etymology: PLexiglas and view!
