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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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Substatraction
Created by: Javeson1
Pronunciation: sub stih track shun
Sentence: girls are very good at substitraction, such as the one in this picture.
Etymology: substitute + attraction
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
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
Optorelocation
Created by: externalmusic
Pronunciation: ohp-toe-ree-low-kay-shun
Sentence: I used optorelocation to get Sam to notice my Brazilian butt lift, by asking him if I had sat in some gum!
Etymology:
Ducoexhibeo
Created by: ubgrud
Pronunciation: duke-oh-ex-hib-eeooo
Sentence: She leaned over the table, pointing at a menu item. Clearly a ducoexhibeo. Clever girl.
Etymology: From latin: duco: to charm, influence, mislead, draw in. exhibeo: show or demonstrate
Pervoy
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: perv-oi
Sentence: She had a reputation as a pervoyeur, enticing men to view her "charms" by asking them to look at her etchings.
Etymology: purvey (supply, offer) + voyeur (one who enjoys watching especially sexual acts) + perv (colloq. taking a look at someone's physical attractions)
Gapeshifting
Created by: johnnyrockett
Pronunciation: Gayp-shif-ting
Sentence: I gapeshifted Tom to look across the street at the drug store so he would see the couple fighting on the street.
Etymology: Gape - to stare with open mouth, as in wonder. Shifting - To move or transfer from one place or position to another.
Flauntation
Created by: Carole
Pronunciation:
Sentence: In order to get the part in the flick, a great amount of flauntation was necessary.
Etymology:
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COMMENTS:
- Carole, 2007-01-01: 18:18:00
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Peripherequest
Created by: kryptik
Pronunciation: per-ih-fer-ee-kwest
Sentence: Angela kept asking him about her necklace even as she was falling out of her own dress. It was such a blatant peripherequest!
Etymology: From the words 'periphery' and 'request'
