Verboticism: Gapeshifting

'Look at my earrings.'

DEFINITION: To ask someone to look at one thing, when you really want them to look at another thing, which is better left unspecified.

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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.

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