Getting started on a project, only to be distracted by another 1 or more projects thus delaying the original project
He was working on his car & couldnt find a wrench, his extra sensory distraction caused him 2 reorganize his whole tool box
When a woman recognizes she's obsessing and analyzing about a new guy too much, she goes on other dates to occupy her mind.
Jane told me she can't stop thinking about that bearded lumberjack, with the house on the lake she had coffee with. She's rereading texts, googling his name, stalking on Facebook, you name it! Realizing she's entering psycho mode, she's been right-swiping on Tinder day and night to line up Distraction Dick to keep herself sane.
A term for a device that can distract you that is also in the shape of a rectangle.
John: During the week, my phone is a nice little distraction rectangle.
Dylan: My favorite distraction rectangle is my Nintendo Switch.
Activities given to children which free up adults long enough to interact on a pleasant, social level, free from parenting.
Dinner is almost ready, I'll get out the distractables, you three hide on the patio!
To frig yourself off
Don't go in the room while he/she/they're distracting himself/herself/themselves my goodness!
You look stressed!.... Perhaps you need to distract yourself
"Distracted Drift"
When driving you notice erratic driving such as slowing /speeding patterns, drifting into your lane, and so on as a result of using their mobile for texting/posting/browsing.
"Man, I was on my way into work this morning and was almost taken out by the peckerhead doing the 'distracted drift.' I expected it ot be a kid but it looked like a soccer mom on Facebook."
An extremely scatter brained or easily distracted person; someone who is nearly incapable of focusing on any one thing for an extended duration or several things for longer than half a millisecond.
Dude, I'm so slammed at work, I'm going seriously distracted ferret right now!