Similar to friend zone, one may find themselves in this dire predicament when a flirtatious attempt with another is ended abruptly due to them exclaiming something along the lines of 'but we're cousins!' or 'you're my cousin!'.
(After yearly family gathering)
Cletus: Goddam it Travis, it was going real gooood
Travis: Why, she didn't cousin zone you did she?
Cletus: You're darn right she did
When you host a cookout or family reunion at your household, and your younger cousins want to play with your electronics but you don't want them too, but they do anyway since either your dad or their dad don't care since it's either "ThEiR mY NEpHeWS" or "ThEiR mY KiDS".
"Hey, Did you get cousinzoned last week at the cookout?" - "Yup, unfortunately"
1. Select a player (real or fantasy) during a sports draft to spite or anger one or more of your opponents because they had intended to select him/her.
2. Select a player (real or fantasy) during a sport draft to put one or more of your opponents at a strategic disadvantage.
1. Billy hate drafted Chad OchoCinco because he knew Sam had wanted him since he is from Cincinnati. Billy already had plenty of players to fill that position but wanted to make sure Sam didn't get him.
2. Billy hate drafted Peyton Manning because he was the only good quarterback left and he knew Sam had been planning on drafting him.