Becoming sleepy and needing bedtime visibly, especially when talking about events that might occur past your bedtime.
From Cinderella's "turning into a pumpkin" at a certain hour, here we have events that certain people generally don't get to because it'll interfere with their bedtime.
From Cinderella's "turning into a pumpkin" at a certain hour, here we have events that certain people generally don't get to because it'll interfere with their bedtime.
We tried getting reservations to <snazzy restaurant>, but they only had a slot at 10pm, which we gave up because Autumn starts pumpkinizing around then.
by whydoIhavetocreateaname April 07, 2009
by Mr. Verdesauce October 03, 2015
The act of driving around neighboorhoods looking for pumpkins in yards, snatching that pumpkin, driving away with the pumpkin, and then throwing that pumpkin at things from the moving vehicle (i.e. mailboxes, cars, lawn ornaments)
by Capn Yoazz June 23, 2009
v. When an individual arrives at that time of the social event that s/he just has to go home. The party may not be over, but the party is over for you.
Derived from Cinderella's "the coach turns back into a pumpkin at the stroke of midnight."
Derived from Cinderella's "the coach turns back into a pumpkin at the stroke of midnight."
by izzy wizzy May 19, 2009
To be in a necessary state of hauling ass out of a particular location due to a deadline or other time-sensitive commitment, typically despite the ass-hauler's desire to stay longer. This idiom references Cinderella's midnight dash out of Prince Charming's caste. It also verbs the word pumpkin, conflating the "in" ending for the colloquial pronunciation of the gerundive "ing."
Guy 1: Dude, Christina's flying in to town tomorrow. You still gonna be here? Hear she's DTF...
Guy 2: No, I'm pumpkin' it back home tonight. Fuck!
Guy 1: Yeah, fucking is exactly what I'm gonna be doing while it's just you and your hand...
Guy 2: No, I'm pumpkin' it back home tonight. Fuck!
Guy 1: Yeah, fucking is exactly what I'm gonna be doing while it's just you and your hand...
by Twigler27 April 19, 2013