The act of covertly excusing yourself from a gathering, typically for a family celebration of some sort, where others try to use you as a free babysitter because "you don't have anything going on" or someone asks you to do something at work that's not in your job description.
Usual suspects are that one cousin who's a cheep skate and has notoriously bad behaving children, or the well meaning mother that talked another family member into "getting you used to kids" in hopes of having more grandchildren.
That one lazy co-worker who preys on the kindness of others to get their work done for them. You know who you are.
Usual suspects are that one cousin who's a cheep skate and has notoriously bad behaving children, or the well meaning mother that talked another family member into "getting you used to kids" in hopes of having more grandchildren.
That one lazy co-worker who preys on the kindness of others to get their work done for them. You know who you are.
"John, can you watch Sarah and Tom for a few hours while Jennifer and I go out to dinner?"
"Let me get back to you on that."
*spook move out the back door 10 minutes later*
Later phone call from John, "Hey I missed you leaving, so what do you say?"
"I just got *insert excuse*, sorry."
"Let me get back to you on that."
*spook move out the back door 10 minutes later*
Later phone call from John, "Hey I missed you leaving, so what do you say?"
"I just got *insert excuse*, sorry."
by GriZag December 3, 2013
Spooked. To be ript/high/stoned/laud/under the influence of marijuana to the point the "spooker" becomes both deeply introspective and forgetful.
by Galpal92 January 24, 2017
When someone is in denial that reality is more complex than what it may at first seem, and even if they are shown evidence of this, remains in willful denial.
Jim: "I think defunding the police would reduce all criminal activity because police are the true criminals"
Joe: " I don't know man, maybe re-structuring the procedures of current police activity and instigating harsher penalties for out of line police could work instead"
Jim: "no other solution is possible, burn the police institution to the ground!"
Joe: "dude, you're spooked"
Joe: " I don't know man, maybe re-structuring the procedures of current police activity and instigating harsher penalties for out of line police could work instead"
Jim: "no other solution is possible, burn the police institution to the ground!"
Joe: "dude, you're spooked"
by gangstarapp42069 December 18, 2020
Faking stress to get out of one’s commitments. Also used as an excuse to back out of an agreement/commitment .
England cricket team cancelled their tour of Pakistan because they were spooked by the early departure of New Zealand.
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