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shell sham 

A reference to young men who grow scruffy beards, wear their hair in a greasy and disheveled fashion and wear surplus military field jackets in an apparent attempt at duplicating the stereotypical media image of a traumatized war veteran.
That young twenty-something with the darting eyes and the spastic movements whom I saw sitting in front of the English department seems to be affecting quite an elaborate shell sham.
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Shell-out Falter 

The set of delaying tactics, mystified looking around moves and "where the hell's my wallet" self-frisking someone makes when they want you to pickup the check.
He's in a startup now and won't pay for anything, all he'll do is pull a Shell-out Falter on you.
Shell-out Falter by Ross Brunson November 30, 2011

shell bundy 

When he found out his wife of 9 years cheated on him he went straight shell bundy! loco crazy
She is an amazing person. Her smile will light up a room. She is gorgous, a goddess of love and happiness and kindness. She will help anyone that she can. She has the biggest heart of any human being none to man. She believes in fairness and love. You will be blessed once you know her and will never forget her after you have met her. She is the embodiedment of innocence love and compassion. She is just an all around wonderful person.
I love the shell'von in you!

Let us all be more like shell'von .
shell'von by Motherof3-1 December 22, 2016

Shell shock 

Staying in one place for a long period of time. Feeling stagnant
Molly stayed in the class room for too long and felt the shell shock coming on.
Shell shock by Spunkyychick42 March 15, 2017

shell beach 

An unreachable or nonexistent paradise. Reference to movie Dark City.
Hey, you happen to know the way to Shell Beach?
shell beach by Phlegatu May 3, 2018