Verboticism: Difostentate

'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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Difostentate

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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

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