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displacement activity

noun

Etymology

First mentions in 1940 by two Dutch researchers Nikolaas Tinbergen and Adriaan Kortlandt

Definitions

  1. Aimless, often self-comforting behavior displayed when in doubt, blocked or frustrated.

  2. Something done needlessly when procrastinating.

    • At last week’s meeting of Infantino’s expanded Fifa Council – the world’s best attended displacement activity – there was instead much discussion of the proposal to bulk up football’s flagship tournament to 40 or 48 teams.

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No curated loop yet for displacement activity. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA