by Ernest Hemingway May 16, 2022
by blanderrobinson May 23, 2013
Where the stress and work of artistic expression is used to excuse substance abuse, chemical dependencies and other toxic coping-mechanisms.
"I also employed the world-famous Hemingway Defense... which goes something like this: as a writer, I am a very sensitive fellow, but I am also a man, and real men don't give in to their sensitivities. Only sissy-men do that. Therefore I drink. How else can I face the existential horror of it all and continue to work? Besides, come on, I can handle it. A real man always can."
-- Stephen King
-- Stephen King
by The Logical Fallacy February 17, 2023
When you decide to lie about something until a point where you actually believe. Often is accompanied by a god-awful complexion and other mental disorders. Particularly in vermont.
Guy 1: Dude I fucking hooked up with this girl from New York, it was so sick but my parents almost caught me. Since we hooked-up in her car, my parents drove right by, it was so sketchy.
Guy 2: Dude, for one thing, a girl is not gonna drive all the way to Vermont to hook-up with you. Second of all, she probably thinks your a sketchy peice of shit becuase you have only talked to her online. Third of all, you were shopping with your mom that day. I saw you at the mall, fuckin idiot.
Innocent bystandered who happends to overhear while passing by: Correct me if im wrong, but i think that that kid just PULLED-A-HEMINGWAY!
Guy 2: Dude, for one thing, a girl is not gonna drive all the way to Vermont to hook-up with you. Second of all, she probably thinks your a sketchy peice of shit becuase you have only talked to her online. Third of all, you were shopping with your mom that day. I saw you at the mall, fuckin idiot.
Innocent bystandered who happends to overhear while passing by: Correct me if im wrong, but i think that that kid just PULLED-A-HEMINGWAY!
by Dont be like dis April 29, 2005
Will: mannn did you just see that sick cork 3 i pulled??!
Kid 2: man, that wasnt a fucking cork 3, that was a fucking hemingway
Kid 2: man, that wasnt a fucking cork 3, that was a fucking hemingway
by GGGGG unit author May 20, 2005
When one endorses a writing style that is characterized by efficiency and understatements.
Ernest Hemingway was the most distinguished writer to use this style, hence the term "Hemingway Boner".
Ernest Hemingway was the most distinguished writer to use this style, hence the term "Hemingway Boner".
If you have a Hemingway Boner you would probably write something like,
I went to the beach. It was beautiful.
I went to the beach. It was beautiful.
by alff September 22, 2011
Noun: A word to describe the action of shooting oneself with a shotgun, inherently ending his or her life, in order to escape life's pressures; named for Ernest Hemingway, who did the very same thing.
"Dude, you got an "F" on your English test? Dang, you should totally go The Hemingway (Or The Heming Way).
by BerrySnaps December 22, 2008