A Shipley 

Verb. Short for Pulling a Shipley:

Where someone stops in front of you with no warning in the middle of a rain storm so that you hydroplane into the back of them, totaling your vehicle.

Originally done with a Plymouth Neon but can be completed in any vehicle.

Damn! I just pulled A Shipley!

A Shipley by The Wolf Inside June 11, 2008

pulling a shirley 

The act of buying something you don't want, but end up purchasing in bulk because it's on sale

"I already have 5 bags of chips in my closet, but I bought 10 more cause there was a 2/$3 sale."
"Dude, that's totally pulling a shirley"

pulling a shirley by quota21 May 8, 2014

do a Shirley 

to suddenly, and unexpectedly, do a bunk from your normal everyday life. Usually to another country as per the 1989 film Shirley Valentine.

Office worker "I haven't seen Karen in Finance for a while..."

Boss "Off the record, not coming back. She's left her husband, gone to Spain."

Office worker "Didn't think she had it in her to do a shirley"

do a Shirley by Dentinox November 4, 2007