Diverted attention while ambulating by foot which can lead to accidents. Causes may include the use of an electronic device, or looking at people or things in the vicinity.

"My friend walked into a fountain at the mall while texting on her smartphone. It was a distracted walking situation."

distracted walking by yes juanito yes August 20, 2014

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distracted

When you are in class and the girl in front of you is wearing a thong.

I'm totally failing Intro to Bio Science because I am distracted by this sweet piece of chippy that wears low-riding jeans and thongs EVERYDAY.

distracted by Dr.Rob Jones July 4, 2008

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distracted driving

Diverted attention while operating a motor vehicle which can lead to accidents. Causes may include use of an electronic device or smartphone, eating or drinking, or active children inside a moving automobile.

Reporter: "Distracted driving has become a major safety issue on our roads and freeways."

distracted driving by yes juanito yes August 8, 2014

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distrubed

The state of being so disturbed that one loses the ability to spell properly.

Conjugations: distrub, distrubed, distrubing, distrubia

Etymology: Originated by women who live in small towns and who spell badly.

I went to my aunt's house and caught her making out with her little dog named Peanut. I was totally distrubed.

distrubed by wesvillager February 18, 2011

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Distracted Consciousness

The "Distracted consciousness" differs from the Marxist idea of "false consciousness" in as much as the individual suffering from this state of distraction is no longer fully aware of life around them: they have become a human doing, no longer a human being.

Excerpt taken from 'The Girl with No Mobile Phone', by author Tom Conrad.

“The girl with no mobile phone had never herself seen fit to buy a mobile phone (in all her life) – being not only against them as invaders of privacy, but moreover, viewing mobile phones as symbols of the wider “distracted consciousness”: a curse now plaguing mankind far and wide. In fact, the girl with no mobile phone constantly witnessed many of her peers fingering away (not the good sort of fingering, either), just another distracted soul startled by the desperateness of existence, looking to fill every single waking and terrifying moment of their life with some pointless textual distraction, instead of just confronting and embracing the stillness, just taking a moment to actually think, reflect and be a human being, not a human doing.”

Alternative use:

‘Like OMFG, dude had been playing GTA5 for five days straight before he got up, left his apartment and tried to jack a car by throwing a musical triangle at them.’

‘A musical triangle?’

‘Yeah the thing that goes ding.’

‘Shit, that dude is distracted.’

‘No shit, he's suffering from the distracted consciousness!’

Distracted Consciousness by Tom Conrad October 8, 2013

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fauxstalgia

Faux nostalgia. Faking old things in an attempt to recapture the feeling of times gone past, especially of technology that has passed.

Hipstamatic pictures, just like the vinyl-static added to digital recordings, is prime fauxstalgia

fauxstalgia by scotte61 December 16, 2010

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pajama casual

Pajama casual is a term used when working from home and preparing for a video conference. All business above the waist and your pajama pants down below.

We have a Zoom meeting in a few minutes and I’ll probably go pajama casual.

pajama casual by jrod-knows March 31, 2020

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