william dean a. garner's definitions

riffing

1. talking via stream-of-consciousness thinking
2. freeform talk
3. first-derivative talking

I sat down to write you a letter and then picked up the tape recorder and just "riffed" 'til the batteries deflated.

by William Dean A. Garner September 11, 2003

blows my skirt up

1. Copasetic
2. Cool
3. Fuckin-A
4. Exciting
5. Titillating
6. Orgasmic

My last manuscript went to this 20-something junior editor in pigtails and a parochial-school skirt. It "blew her skirt up" around her face, revealing revealing a silver thong that wasn't so parochial. . . .

by William Dean A. Garner September 9, 2003

hors d'oeuvre-ivore

Someone who devours only hors d'oeuvre at parties

Sylvia is a total hors d'oeuvre-ivore, eschewing even the champagne.

by William Dean A. Garner November 4, 2009

ciaotime

The end of a relationship. The time when a relationship ends, at least in the heart of the one breaking up.
Pronounced "chow time."

After he cheated on his girlfriend the fourth time and she found out about it, it was ciaotime for the boyfriend.

by William Dean A. Garner April 5, 2011

charliesheen

verb trans. destroy all that is good in your life. Piss away great opportunities.

Keep drinking a 12-pack of Stella every night and picking fights with six year olds, and you'll charliesheen yourself all the way to the grave . . . with a sojourn or two in the nearest jail.

by William Dean A. Garner March 13, 2011

Disastar

Lousy actor who makes a boatload of cash

That Hollywood actor's a disastar but he makes us a lotta coin!

by William Dean A. Garner November 4, 2009

tiptop

A beautiful, sexy, skimpy top worn by a female bartender to generate more tips.

The right tiptop, in just the right color, worn on the right bartender is a guaranteed money magnet.

by William Dean A. Garner April 5, 2011