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.
VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)
Simnutaneous: /syme nut tayn eeus/ When Earl the Squirrel got on his girlfriend, Pearl’s, nerves, she baked him a nut pie and made him eat it. Not only did he do nothing else, but he forgot to gather his nuts. It was a gesture that was simnutaneous in its’ simplicity. Etymology: Simultaneous (at the same time) & Nut (usually large hard-shelled seed)
Created by: Nosila.
Ohlookashinything: /ÅloÅkÄshÄ«nēθing/ Diane’s boyfriend Tom doesn’t always behave when they are out in public. She has found she can control his urges with a simple distraction, an ohlookashinything tactic. Etymology: Oh look a shiny thing – a phrase that describes a distraction Created by: artr2.
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