Kill your darlings

“In writing, you must kill your darlings.” --William Faulkner

This literary advice refers to the dangers of an author using personal favorite elements. While these may hold special meaning for the author, they can cause readers to roll their eyes for reasons such as:

-Purple prose
-Narm
-Egregious overuse of a word or phrase

Did he seriously just use the word "egregious" up there? Dude, kill your darlings.

by FeO2 October 15, 2012

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Dahling

A term loosely used in place of "darling". The friendly way of saying "darling".

"Movie at my place tonight?"
"I'm there, dahling!"

by H.M. Switz May 25, 2008

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Dubling

a verb meaning to spend a day roaming around Ireland's capital

Person 1: What did you do yesterday?
Person 2: Spent the day Dubling.. I saw Molly Malone's tits and everything.

by molumblebee October 22, 2013

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Dabbing

Dabbing (1) - Vaporizing concentrated marijuana, usually in the form of wax or hash, by placing it on an extremely hot metal object called a nail and inhaling the vapors produced. The nail is usually heated via blowtorch. Inhaling this harsh and concentrated form of marijuana often causes one to cry and wipe one's tears away while coughing and passing a bong.

Dabbing (2) - Performing the dance move characterized by raising an elbow and tucking one's head toward that elbow while raising and extending the opposite arm behind. This dance move is often seen while dabbing (1) since the dabber immediately coughs into his inner arm and wipes his or her tears away while passing a bong. See attached .gif image.

(1) She is super stoned from dabbing.
(2) He is dabbing because he is super stoned.

by Pap¡ September 21, 2016

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