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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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Hiltonequest
Created by: Stump
Pronunciation: hill/tone/equest
Sentence: When Paris makes a hiltonequest nowadays hardly anyone bothers to look.
Etymology: Hilton - from that distinguishe heir of the family Paris and her frequent 'wardrobe malfunctions' & request.
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
Narcissulate
Created by: sarrah
Pronunciation: nar-siss-you-late
Sentence: He was narcissulating strongly towards the lamppost, but I knew he really wanted me to check out his new car.
Etymology: narcissism
Flance
Created by: hairydoginparis
Pronunciation: flants
Sentence: The woman flanced me with her earrings, when she wanted me to look at her breast.
Etymology: flaunt+fool+glance
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
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.
Sawsee
Created by: PeteyPeteMcPetey
Pronunciation: Saw-see
Sentence: He had a long hard sawsee at her lovely 'eyes'.
Etymology: Saw. See. Sawsee. Sounds like saucy. See?
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COMMENTS:
Very clever. - Maureen, 2006-12-29: 21:54:00
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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'