Comes from the 1989 film "Weekend at Bernie's"
It's when you fall asleep sitting in a chair of some sort i.e. desk or couch with sunglasses on. The best ways to pull a Bernie are to stay loose and fall asleep with some sort of neutral grin.
Andrew: Look's like Jake is passed out in the middle of class.
Will: Nah man, he's pullin' a bernie.
The career-furthering act of forming an amazing new band which will hopefully match or surpass the band from which you have for whatever reason left. Can also be used to describe forming a side project which makes your usual band look sucky. Named for Steve "Beanie" Hewitt who is one person notable for this stunt.
1. Have you seen their MySpace? That one's pulling a Beanie.
2. Their EP is already better than her old band's album - she pulled a Beanie.
Buying too many things you don't need on Amazon. Stressshopping on Amazon. Buying things on Amazon so that you distract yourself from ordering food on DoorDash
My wife caught me Pulling a Bennie, now she's pissed AND my credit card is maxed out!
A Shackteau is a humble, weather-beaten, structurally questionable shelter located in a spectacular or highly coveted place—Wales, Jackson Hole, Sun Valley, Crested Butte, coastal Maine, the Alps—where the building itself may be worth almost nothing, but the dirt, view, access, and mythology make it absurdly valuable.
In use:
Shackteâu - We thought it was an abandoned shed until the realtor called it a rare alpine Shackteâu with unobstructed views and listed it for $2million.