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Hemingway's lemonade 

"We drank nothing else but Hemingway's lemonade last night. And did we feel it the day after!"
Hemingway's lemonade by Uforya June 25, 2010

Hemingway Solution 

To commit suicide via shotgun blast administered beneath the chin or inside the mouth, as mentioned in Stephen King's novel Dreamcatcher. If the shotgun is particularly long the trigger is often pulled by a toe.
Damn it, why did he have to go and use the Hemingway Solution in my room? Now there's brain matter all over my ceiling.

The old guy in 'The Hills Have Eyes' used the Hemingway Solution.
Hemingway Solution by Shadowhunter_36 September 23, 2008

Hemingway drunk

adj. When you spend a day marathon drinking, from noon or possibly even the morning until late into the evening stopping only to eat small meals.
Check out Billy, he's been drinking everything in sight since 11:00 AM. Whiskey, wine, beer you name it. He's not just getting drunk, he's getting Hemingway drunk!
Hemingway drunk by G.I. Nigel March 26, 2010

doing a Hemingway 

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"
The act of writing, particularly a lengthy blog, article or essay, while consuming moderate to large quantities of alcohol during the process. Can be done to help stimulate creativity but most of the time the person is just a borderline alchoholic.
Term can also be interchanged with other popular writers with an affinity for booze. i.e.; to "Capote", to "Faulkner", to "Kerouack", to "Fitzgerald"
Student A: "Don't you still have to finish that paper for class tomorrow?"
Student B: "Yeah, dude. But I got a six-pack of beer and I'm going to Hemingway that shit later tonight."

Pull a Hemingway 

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"
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."
Pull a Hemingway by benrh November 25, 2010