Distracted 

Yeah sorry I got distracted. I'll get caught up tonight at work.

Iam "Yeah we've been distracted lately. 🤷 ♂️ not enough time in the day, ya know?"

Distracted by Hym Iam February 13, 2023

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 walking by yes juanito yes August 20, 2014

distracted driving

Diverted attention while operating a motor vehicle which can lead to accidents. Causes may include use of an electronic device or smartphone, eating or drinking, or active children inside a moving automobile.

Reporter: "Distracted driving has become a major safety issue on our roads and freeways."

distracted driving by yes juanito yes August 8, 2014

Distracted Consciousness 

The "Distracted consciousness" differs from the Marxist idea of "false consciousness" in as much as the individual suffering from this state of distraction is no longer fully aware of life around them: they have become a human doing, no longer a human being.

Excerpt taken from 'The Girl with No Mobile Phone', by author Tom Conrad.

“The girl with no mobile phone had never herself seen fit to buy a mobile phone (in all her life) – being not only against them as invaders of privacy, but moreover, viewing mobile phones as symbols of the wider “distracted consciousness”: a curse now plaguing mankind far and wide. In fact, the girl with no mobile phone constantly witnessed many of her peers fingering away (not the good sort of fingering, either), just another distracted soul startled by the desperateness of existence, looking to fill every single waking and terrifying moment of their life with some pointless textual distraction, instead of just confronting and embracing the stillness, just taking a moment to actually think, reflect and be a human being, not a human doing.”

Alternative use:

‘Like OMFG, dude had been playing GTA5 for five days straight before he got up, left his apartment and tried to jack a car by throwing a musical triangle at them.’

‘A musical triangle?’

‘Yeah the thing that goes ding.’

‘Shit, that dude is distracted.’

‘No shit, he's suffering from the distracted consciousness!’

Distracted Consciousness by Tom Conrad October 8, 2013

distracted dining 

Diverted attention while eating either solo or with others. May occur in a private residence, or at a restaurant or public event. Minor distractions may include obnoxious people in the vicinity; major disturbances may include medical or police emergencies.

I had a distracted dining experience last Thanksgiving. My sister's baby wouldn't stop crying and fussing.

A guy collapsed in the cafeteria the other day. We had to call paramedics. It was definitely distracted dining.

distracted dining by yes juanito yes November 10, 2014

distracted dressing 

Diverted attention while getting dressed which can lead to incorrectly worn clothing. Causes may include television viewing, use of electronic devices, or conversing/arguing with others while dressing. May result in mismatched socks, unzipped fly, inaccurate buttoning or wardrobe malfunction, etc.

I forgot to put on my belt when getting dressed today. My pants kept falling down. It was a case of distracted dressing.

distracted dressing by yes juanito yes November 7, 2014

distracted by a pelican 

doing something naughty (and potentially VERY embarrassing) that causes you to lose focus.

I ran my Bugatti Veyron into a swamp at 100mph because I was distracted by a pelican

distracted by a pelican by SwapGuy November 13, 2009