subterfugue

A musical composition intended to distract its listeners into not observing hanky-panky going on somewhere else.

In the musical "Chicago", Billy Flynn recommends using a subterfugue ("How can they hear the truth above the roar?") to trick jurors into erroneously viewing the defendant as being a fragile victim of circumstance, rather than just a simple criminal-minded murderer.

by QuacksO March 2, 2019

Subterfudge

A person who deceives people in order to push a social agenda from either spectrum

I can't stand the subterfudge between you faggots

by agent_BuckRogers March 6, 2021

subturdfuge

When you try to hide the fact that you are taking a shit by turning on the shower water.

We heard your toilet farts echoing in there. Turning on the shower water didn't hide a thing. Don't believe for one moment that your little act of subturdfuge was successful.

by Jack Atrophy August 9, 2022