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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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Glancedancing
Created by: purpleartichokes
Pronunciation: glance dancing
Sentence: At the company picnic, Jane got guys to go glancedancing at her butt by bending over and pointing out weeds in the lawn.
Etymology: glance, dance
Diviewsion
Created by: celeron450
Pronunciation: die-view-zhun
Sentence: Claire asked John to see if she had a loose seam on the back of her blue jeans, but it was really a diviewsion.
Etymology: diversion, view
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
Leerbait
Created by: Pipeski
Pronunciation:
Sentence:
Etymology: Leer + bait (oddly enough)
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.
Misdirbreastion
Created by: bondfool
Pronunciation: Mis-dur-breh-shtyun
Sentence: She tried using misdirbreastion on me, but I knew what she wanted me to see.
Etymology:
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:
Stratexhibit
Created by: tangledupinblue
Pronunciation:
Sentence: He stratexhibited his sleeve, hoping she would notice his bulging bicep.
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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)
