Verboticism: Solitarsking
DEFINITION: v. To prevent someone from participating in an undesired activity by engaging them in another activity which makes it impossible to do the first. n. Two things cannot be done at the same time.
Solitarsking
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: soll-it-asking
Sentence: It helps to be good at solitarsking when working with preschoolers and trying to avoid little fingers getting up to mischief.
Etymology: solitary (single, one) + task (job, activity) inspired by the term multitasking which is really what is expected when the boss says you need to be multiskilled.
Points: 1004
Comments: Solitarsking
OZZIEBOB - 2008-05-22: 08:26:00
Clever blend,. Took me a while to catch on to it. I too 'toyed' with the unitasking concept for while.
petaj - 2008-05-23: 02:36:00
Actually could have used psycholdoggy here as well. Keep throwing a stick so the dog can't lick his unmentionables.