Distraction

A self-created problem where another subject, object or person has brought your attention off of the activity, subject, object or person you were originally fixated on. This is usually caused by a lack of interest in the initial subject, or just plain weakness.

Guy 1 "You are a distraction."
Guy 2 " No, you just have a horrible attention span. Maybe you should work on ignoring your surroundings more."

by Glumpher October 20, 2011

disfaction

When someone wants to express there negative opinion on subject matter

Katie wasn't happy with the service she had received and wanted to express her disfaction.

by yankeezulo February 25, 2015

distractional focus

This occurs when you need to be working with someone else, listening to music, watching television, or doing something else while doing academic work in order to help you focus better

I could not focus fully on my history work, so I asked my friend to be my distractional focus

by blitz425 November 13, 2009

Disnacktion

The tendency to forget about, or lose focus on, the thing or things qwith which you were engaged, in favor of acquiring food.

I missed the second half of the Mentalist because I was disnackted by making s'mores. That taco bell commercial was a total disnacktion and I had to get fourth meal.

by Iliveinacave February 14, 2015

Temporary Distraction Measure

A Temporary Distraction Measure or TDM for short is the basis of modern politics and business. Anytime a politician forms a committee to 'look into' something it is nothing but a ruse intended to temporarily distract the voting public long enough for them to forget all about it.
Anything (Committee, poll, vote, investigation, senate hearing, etc) that can be used to successfully distract people from issues that they were formally concerned about long enough for them to forget completely about it.

Anything that makes you (the voter) think we (politicians) are doing something about it when we're really not.

E.X. Senate Democrats hold hearings to investigate windfall profits generated by the obscene price of oil.

Two weeks later, the American public will have forgotten all about it and will rest content that the government is doing it's job. Hence, it was a successful Temporary Distraction Measure.

E.X. During the Senate hearing over whether to clarify net neutrality, the Senators rambled on for a few weeks until another celebrity got knocked up and everybody that was wanting it codified, forgot all about it.
Temporary Distraction Measure

by Crashingtests July 4, 2008

DISTRACTION

Yell out distraction at the top of your lungs to get out of any situation

Jason: Hey Bob can you help me move a washing machine into my attic?
Bob: DISTRACTION!
Jason: What?
Bob has left and is nowhere to be seen

by radioturtle November 4, 2017

Distraction

Something used to pull the attention off of someone/thing that is much more important, such as Television, friends, food, sleep, etc... Often used to avoid boredom

Man, this homework is killing me, I need a distraction

by Luckyboy14 March 8, 2010