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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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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
Eyepopping
Created by: josje
Pronunciation: ipopping
Sentence: your hanging earrings are eyepopping big
Etymology: if you see something your eyes don´t believe seeing
Saloppe
Divhersion
Created by: dstorm78
Pronunciation: Div-Her-Shun
Sentence: John fell prey to Mandy's divhersion when she asked for a raise.
Etymology: A play on the word diversion and the inclusion of the pronoun 'her', since it is generally assumed that a woman would commit this act. It could be supposed that 'divhesion' might also be an acceptable use.
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
Ascramalalodge
Created by: Slicer
Pronunciation: Ass-cra-llama-lodge
Sentence: If one ascramalalodges, they are flogged.
Etymology: The sound of one caveman beating another caveman over the head for staring at his wife.
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.
Alterexibition
Created by: seifip
Pronunciation: alter exibition
Sentence: She's alterexibiting her earrings to everyone but strangely, noone notices them. Wasn't it because of her beautiful low cut dress?
Etymology: alternative + exibition
Subview
Created by: ahwinters
Pronunciation: sub-viuw
Sentence: Her purple lipstick was an excuse for her to have othen women subview her better parts.
Etymology: sub (under) + view
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
