A disorder based on an individual's obsession with social media including (but not limited to), compulsive reviewing of apps, "cyberstalking," comparing, fantasizing, and its effect on one's mood.
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"I can't believe you're distracting from the real issue, class. You make me sick."
"I can't believe you're distracting from the real issue, class. You make me sick."
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In the middle of the meeting John got an unpleasant distraction of when last week at lunch break he had to sit in the very back seat of his employee's cx-9 on the way to the restaurant and wished he would not have to do it again today.
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a. A fictional creature capable of capturing the attention of all who see or hear it, who become powerless to turn away, even to the point of neglecting physical needs.
b. A person capable of trapping others in conversations and preventing them from ending, despite the desires of the other participants.
c. A person capable of changing the topic of any event or discussion without the notice of its participants until the original meaning is entirely lost to the dark pages of history.
a. A fictional creature capable of capturing the attention of all who see or hear it, who become powerless to turn away, even to the point of neglecting physical needs.
b. A person capable of trapping others in conversations and preventing them from ending, despite the desires of the other participants.
c. A person capable of changing the topic of any event or discussion without the notice of its participants until the original meaning is entirely lost to the dark pages of history.
a. The old king gave the same stern warning to each of his children: Heed not the endless tripe of the Distraction Beast in yonder wood lest ye lose all good sense and spend your final days with him in stupor - for no sensible man will come to your aid.
b. I vaguely remember starting a conversation about something, but then that distraction beast jumped in and next thing I knew it was Tuesday.
c. Until that distraction beast entered the conversation, we were actually getting somewhere talking about... about... whatever it was we were talking about.
b. I vaguely remember starting a conversation about something, but then that distraction beast jumped in and next thing I knew it was Tuesday.
c. Until that distraction beast entered the conversation, we were actually getting somewhere talking about... about... whatever it was we were talking about.
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He was working on his car & couldnt find a wrench, his extra sensory distraction caused him 2 reorganize his whole tool box
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