vamp

intrans. verb: to kill time on the pc by allowing oneself to follow tantalizing distractions, e.g., to google overmuch

A novelist, being interviewed on "Fresh Air", NPR, said that he used to try to compose on his pc but has now returned to writing his drafts in longhand on a legal pad because it was too easy to "vamp" on the pc.

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