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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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Darlina

Omg darlina is so cute ! I wish I could be her .
by Hsbdienendn June 9, 2017
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daring colors

wearing loud colors while committing crimes,
trying to avoid someone or playing any thing like doge ball.

1.yellow
2.red
3.pink
4.orange
5.purple

people would see you coming a mile away.
Tim:wow dirk must have big balls or really daring.

Gerald: why is that ?

Tim: he just robbed a bank with Daring colors on.

Gerald:what was he wearing ?

Tim: a pink bandanna orange & purple shirt

with red sneakers and yellow skinny jeans

Gerald: in broad daylight, he must want to get caught

and has no sense in how to dress.
by purple skull July 7, 2010
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Darting mitt

Bro 1: hey bro were you darting mitt last night?
Bro 2: yeah bro I fingered her for a while then she game me head
by Coochie man 2 October 7, 2020
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Darwing

A man who keeps to himself, usually shy but if you get to know him he won't be. He's serious about who he's friends with do him wrong and you'll never hear from him again.
He never talks he's just like Darwing.
by Truthfulx March 14, 2017
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Darwin Award

The Darwin Award is a fictional award which is given out to people who commit acts of utter stupidity that often involve their own injury or even death. The name is derived from Charles Darwin's Theory of Evolution (survival of the fittest), since the winners of the Darwin award aren't expected to survive long enough or remain capable of propagating their own hereditary stupidity. Some people attempt to win the Darwin award, however this is risky since if you don't get first place, you're just a dumbass with nothing to show for it but a hefty hospital bill and possibly funeral costs.
Dumbass: Dude, Steve just got sent to the hospital with third-degree burns after we tried to play Hot potato with a molotov cocktail, and I was wondering if you could-
Smartass: What, nominate you two for the Darwin award?
Dumbass: No, I was wondering if you wanted to play while he's in the hospital.
Smartass: (sigh)...
by The BXRabbit October 17, 2008
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Darwin Claus

Darwin Clause is a mythical creature who delivers compressed carbon to all the little atheist boys and girls on sciencemas
Niel: Darwin Claus evolved down the chimney last night. He drank all the primordial soup and ate all the naturally selected cookies!
by Sniperfedex December 31, 2021
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