by blanderrobinson May 23, 2013
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"I also employed the world-famous Hemingway Defense... which goes something like this: as a writer, I am a very sensitive fellow, but I am also a man, and real men don't give in to their sensitivities. Only sissy-men do that. Therefore I drink. How else can I face the existential horror of it all and continue to work? Besides, come on, I can handle it. A real man always can."
-- Stephen King
-- Stephen King
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When one endorses a writing style that is characterized by efficiency and understatements.
Ernest Hemingway was the most distinguished writer to use this style, hence the term "Hemingway Boner".
Ernest Hemingway was the most distinguished writer to use this style, hence the term "Hemingway Boner".
If you have a Hemingway Boner you would probably write something like,
I went to the beach. It was beautiful.
I went to the beach. It was beautiful.
by alff September 22, 2011
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Get the Hemingway retirement mug.Traveling and visiting numerous cities around the world, whilst enjoying life; Drinking heavily and having many sexual relationships, hopefully resulting in a novel.
*Guy 1* "Hey, what are you gonna do after High school?"
*Guy 2* "I'm thinking of doing a Hemingway, you know"
*Guy 2* "I'm thinking of doing a Hemingway, you know"
by Polynices. May 9, 2014
Get the doing a Hemingway mug.To become intoxicated before writing a paper in order to make the process more palatable.
Can also be used as a verb, i.e. "to hemingway a paper"
Can also be used as a verb, i.e. "to hemingway a paper"
College student #1: "Bro, I'm so not looking forward to writing that paper for my politics class"
College student #2: "I most definitely agree. I would advise you to pull a Hemingway on this one."
College student #2: "I most definitely agree. I would advise you to pull a Hemingway on this one."
by benrh November 25, 2010
Get the Pull a Hemingway mug.Ernest Miller Hemingway (July 21, 1899 — July 2, 1961) was a novelist, short-story writer, and journalist. He was part of the 1920s expatriate community in Paris, and one of the veterans of World War I later known as "the Lost Generation." He received the Pulitzer Prize in 1953 for The Old Man and the Sea, and the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1954.
A reported misogynist who enjoyed his liquor. Any degrading act preformed on the female body such as "tea bagging", or "pimp smackin' dat ho" can also be referred to as a "Hemingway".
A reported misogynist who enjoyed his liquor. Any degrading act preformed on the female body such as "tea bagging", or "pimp smackin' dat ho" can also be referred to as a "Hemingway".
Johnny: You better check yourself Suzy.
Suzy: I do what I want.
Johnny: (Slaps that Ho)
Ralf: Damn you just Ernest Hemingway'ed the shit out of that bitch.
Suzy: He was right to do so, I should really stop having opinions of my own.
Johnny: You're damn right bitch! (Most likely followed up with another bitch slap.)
Suzy: I do what I want.
Johnny: (Slaps that Ho)
Ralf: Damn you just Ernest Hemingway'ed the shit out of that bitch.
Suzy: He was right to do so, I should really stop having opinions of my own.
Johnny: You're damn right bitch! (Most likely followed up with another bitch slap.)
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