The New York Stock Exchange started out as a coffee house.
diversionary
(adjective) (of tactics e.g.) likely or designed to confuse or deceive
Source: WordNet® 3.1
diversionary (comparative more diversionary, superlative most diversionary)
That serves as a diversion.
Source: Wiktionary
7 June 2025
(noun) a unit of astronomical length based on the distance from Earth at which stellar parallax is 1 second of arc; equivalent to 3.262 light years
The New York Stock Exchange started out as a coffee house.