Psychological Coping Mechanisms

3 words in this vocabulary list

noun a word that refers to a person, place, thing, event, substance, or quality

  • The royal family has a secret place in the palace where they can retreat for privacy.
  • Let's meet at our secret place by the river for a picnic.
  • I know this cool secret place where we can hang out without anyone bothering us.
  • Her mind is like a secret place, filled with thoughts and memories no one else knows about.

verb The action of engaging in sidebar conversations or discussions during a main meeting or event.

  • During the meeting, he kept sidebarring with other colleagues, causing distractions.
  • Stop sidebarring with your friends and pay attention to the lecture.
  • She's always sidebarring when we're trying to have a serious conversation.
  • His constant sidebarring with different opinions made it hard to come to a decision.

noun a compound noun formed by combining the words 'hate' and 'watching', typically used to describe the act of watching a television show or movie for the purpose of criticizing or mocking it

  • Many viewers engage in hate-watching, where they watch a show they dislike just to criticize it.
  • I can't believe I wasted my time hate-watching that terrible movie last night.
  • Hate-watching that reality show is my guilty pleasure.
  • Hate-watching is like watching a train wreck - you can't look away even though it's awful.