N. An exit maneuver that is performed after walking into an
awkward or otherwise undesirable situation. It consists of walking or scuffling backwards while undulating the arms along the anterior region of the transverse plane, imitating the way the chambered nautilus swims. A
person performing the reverse nautilus will
try to forget what has been seen.
V. To do the reverse nautilus.
N. When I saw my little
brother masturbating, I did the reverse nautilus.
V. Last night I ran into my
roommate having sex, and I promptly reverse nautilused out of there.