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distracted walking 

Diverted attention while ambulating by foot which can lead to accidents. Causes may include the use of an electronic device, or looking at people or things in the vicinity.
"My friend walked into a fountain at the mall while texting on her smartphone. It was a distracted walking situation."

distracted 

When you are in class and the girl in front of you is wearing a thong.
I'm totally failing Intro to Bio Science because I am distracted by this sweet piece of chippy that wears low-riding jeans and thongs EVERYDAY.
distracted by Dr.Rob Jones July 4, 2008

Distraction

A person of the opposite gender which is not a significant other, but has enough "beyond friendship" feelings and possibilities attached to him/her that this person creates a major loss of productive time whenever s/he is available for contact.
The distraction is online. I won't get any homework done anytime soon.

Dinner Distraction 

When somebody distracts you with the idea of food being ready, just to get you off what you were focussing on.

Tends to be when someone wants to get your attention by the emans of using food to their advantage and ruin your focus on anything else.
Example 1

Person 1: - Dinner is ready!
Person 2: - Okay I'm coming. {Turns off computer}
Person 1: - Dinner is Ready!.
Person 2: - The dinner clearly isn't ready...

You haven't eithen put it on the plate...
Person 1: - I tricked you!

Example 2

Person 1: - Dinner is Ready!
Person 2: - I'm coming {Turns off computer}.
{Walks into Kitchen, with food still boiling and not on the plate}.
Person 2: - Why say food is ready when I can't take it into the front room yet, It's not eithen on the plate.
Person 1: - You can wait now then.
Person 2: - *sigh* fine... {Thinks Dinner Distraction}

Mutually Assured Distraction 

The practice of distracting others in a manner assuring that neither party gets any work done.
We were both working on our papers but then she started chatting with me on Facebook and it was mutually assured distraction after that.
Word of the Day on February 24, 2010

weapons of mass distraction 

A well-endowed woman's breasts, especially when showing cleavage, that is used to distract males from their day-to-day tasks.
"Whoa man, look at those fine WMDs!"
.. 5 minutes later ...
"So what exactly did I come here to do?"