Bunberry 

verb. Inventing an excuse to avoid obligations (such as dinner parties with insufferable aunts). esp. an excuse that involves travel

etymology: in The Importance of Being Ernest by Oscar Wilde the character initially called "Algernon" invents a friend named "Bunberry" who is an invalid plagued by sporadic, inexplicable disease, and whom Algernon visits regularly.

Mr. Williams left town to visit his sick friend, perhaps he's Bunberrying and really seeing a mistress.

Bunberry by absolutegeek December 13, 2009

Bunbury

1. To galavant around under a false identity, usually performing various licentious and immoral acts.
2. To get out of a commitment by pretending to visit a problematic or sick friend or family member. Often, with the time gained from this bunburying, you bunbury do the first definition of bunburying as well.

It derives from Oscar Wilde's "The Importance of Being Ernest", where Algernon invents a sick friend named Bunbury as an excuse to visit the countryside and avoid his relatives. Also considered bunburying, Jack invents an uncouth brother by the name of Ernest as an excuse to visit London and shirk his domestic responsibilities.

"Hey, lets go bunbury in Las Vegas!"
"Sounds good, I think my friend has some serious gambling debts that i must help him with *winkwinknudgenudge*"

Bunbury by adamnsm1 October 11, 2012

bunberrying 

Living a double life in order to acheive material or superficial goals. Goals such as hooking up with girls..... Hmm I guess thats about all bunberryings good for.

This is an interpretation of the word from Oscar Wilde's "The Importance of Being Earnest"

JP: I wanna hook up with Brianna and Shundt
Tito: I wanna hook up with Sara and Adele
JP: Well then lets go bunberrying! We'll go out with the Holy Child girls friday night, then the NCS girls Saturday night.

bunberrying by BRO7 May 13, 2008

Bunberrying 

From the play "The Importance of Being Earnest" written by Oscar Wilde. It comes specifically from one of the main characters who has an imaginary "friend", Mr. Bunberry, who he uses as an excuse to get out of town and get into mischief.

Algernon and Jack discover that they have both been "Bunberrying", that is, assuming different identities in order to enjoy themselves in a guilt-free manner.

Bunberrying by VoidIndigo October 8, 2007

Bunbury

To Bunbury is to create a fictitious; person; appointment... In order to avoid obligations.
Adj. Bunburying, Bunburyist. Originated from The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde.

You sure are a Bunbury artist!

Bunbury by Pengueleon August 6, 2016

bunbury

To Bunbury or to go bunburying is to have a made up excuse to get out of doing something boring.
From Oscar Wilde's 'The importance of being earnest',
where Jack creates a sick friend by the name of Bunbury to escape the boring countryside.

He said he had a dentist appointment but I reckon he's just bunburying.

The dentist? no way man! He is such a bunburyist!!!

bunbury by missy moo April 30, 2006

bunburying 

Someone who has a secret alias in order to escape. Originated in London in the victorian era and evolved into a reference for someone who enjoyed a secret life of homosexuality.

It seems that Jeff does a bit of bunburying on the weekends.

bunburying by Horaz April 16, 2008