A drawing toy with a gray screen surrounded by a red plastic frame. There's 2 knobs, 1 at the lower right to move horizontally & 1 at the left to move vertically~a stylus displaces aluminum powder to create visual fun pictures. Really Fun! When I was a kid, my Mom accidentally stepped on my Etch-A-Sketch & the aluminum powder stuck to her shoe! She ended up throwing that pair of shoes in the trash & it taught me to take care where I placed my Etch-A-Sketch!
I drew a map of the USA on my mini Etch-A-Sketch in about 5~10 minutes! So Very Awesome! You can make lots of drawings of anything on an Etch-A-Sketch.
To Change one position on Political issues after a politcal primary to make one's self image seem more politically moderate then where they stood when they ran for their politcal party's nomination (For Senate, Congress, President, Governor, ect). In essence it's to try to clear the board politically before battle their politcal opponent for a particular politcal office.
Made Famous by Mitt Romney's 2012 Presidential campaign when one of his campaign workers refereed to resetting Mitt Romney's public image after winning his party's Presidential nomination as using a Etch A Sketch
Candidate X had to take a hardline approach on immigration to make himself look more conservative then his primary opponent. Worried about his position on immigration making him look bad in the General Election, Candidate X proceeded to perform a Political Etch a sketch of his image.
The act of sneaking up behind a woman, reaching around to her breasts, and twidling her nipples between your fingers like the knobs of an etch-a-sketch.
"When she least expected it, Tim snuck up to Claudia and beganplaying reverse etch-a-sketch with her."