@s8n
I'll admit that's good but actually does cut it as the literal function of the term or technique...

Might be wrong but literally
"" is much more obvious in a kind of "Keep them busy way"
So while I even forgot the term "scapegoat" and is totally similar, it doesn't have the same perspective at ChewToy like an object brought to your pets or 'animals' to busy themselves with...

"Scapegoat" also has a few perspectives that I think ChewToy clarifies a lot better... scapegoat can be see as someone else's scapegoat, or general scapegoat or used for some reason for someone else's errors or plan... ChewToy seems largely not that and almost a harmless thing to absorb people's energy for what is wrong with this 'thing' in the middle.