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Definition sea lion in British English

sea lion verb

verb
1

in an online conversation, to repeatedly ask a person questions or make comments which suggest that you are interested in what they are talking about, but are actually intended to annoy them

Example

I keep quiet for a number of reasons, but it's primarily out of fear. Fear of uttering an opinion only to be sea lioned into circular debates that feel engineered more to exhaust than to enlighten.

Definition sea lion in British English