past tense of schiavo - 1.to usurp important and topical political/govermental/legalissues by grandstanding a cause celebre for the purpose of emotional distraction.
2. joining the bandwagon of def. 1 in order to remove accusations of unethical, immoral or illegal behavior aimed at oneself.
3. joining the bandwagon of def. 1 for
political gain.
The ongoing news of the Senator's indictment was schiavoed by coverage of
his personal campaign to rescue Little Lotta.
All Chauncey had to eat that Saturday was a bag of chips and half a custard-style yogurt container. By the time the dinner hour had arrived, he was completely schiavoed.
Me: So I really like this one girl but she's still interested in her ex-boyfriend- but here's the funny part: the guy flipped his truck a month ago, and he's been in a coma ever since. the doctor's say he'll never walk again.
A method of suicide where one chases a fewe oxycodones with liquor before putting his/her ass over their head (satellite dish position), bulldogging a bottle of NyQuil rectally, and masturbating furiously to achieve orgasm before brain death. So named because one'side face will have the same blank expression as Terri Schiavo before the court ordered her feeding tube removed when their body is discovered.
After JI'm lost his job, life savings, wife, kids, and house in the divorce, he decided to pull a Drowsy Schiavo and get beamed up like Anton Yelchin.