1. reluctance to answer a potentially embarrassing question
2. spoken to instantly divert a captive audience's attention so a speaker can covertly move out of the line of questions
adj. plead the fifth
origin: Gary Coleman is a dead midget and this is a known fact. Any sightings of him will cause anyone to turn around. Mainly because midgets are interesting, and Gary Coleman still makes people chuckle with his recorded tyrades
Reporter 1: Sir did you have relations with your secretary
Wife: Intently listening
Speaker: Hey! There Goes Gary Coleman!!!!
Crowd: **Turns in pointing direction**
Speaker: **drops mic turns and leaves conference**
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