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salinger 

A word to describe someone who is a scammer, fraud, or con-artist
80 per ticket? Tell that salinger guy he's ripping you off
salinger by ixelasd November 27, 2019

Salinger Cocktail 

A new Rye Whiskey Cocktail composed of traditional ingredients and named for the author of "Catcher In The Rye" J.D. Salinger. Cocktail is composed of the following ingredients:

2 oz Rye Whiskey
2 oz Ginger Beer (Bundaberg)
2 Dashes Angostura Bitters

Possible garnish: Lemon twist
Bartender I'm slightly better than the bros at this bar and I'd like to assert my superiority by ordering a new drink that kills shit with classic ingredients... Especially because most bartenders haven't heard of it and it makes my dick 2x as pineapple flavored. I'll take a Salinger Cocktail.

J. D. Salinger

Probably the greatest writer in American history. 89 year old Salinger had many stories published in The New Yorker but has had only four books published; The Catcher in the Rye, Nine Stories, Franny and Zooey, and Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters and Seymour: An Introduction. His last work published was Hapworth 16, 1924 in The New Yorker in 1965. His last interview was in 1980 and since then he has become sort of a recluse and lives a quite life in New Hampshire. Salinger almost always writes about young, very intelligent and cynical people and his work appeals greatly to a younger audience because of his theme of loss of innocence and adolescent alienation.
I think for the past 40 years J. D. Salinger has been working on a huge masterpiece that will be published when he dies and blow us all away.
J. D. Salinger by what.a.divvy March 31, 2008

J D Salinger 

J D Salinger Jerome David Salinger is an American Author who has passed into legendary status due to his works, The Catcher In
The Rye, Nine Stories, Franny and Zooey etc.

his work centres around disaffection, rebellion, Zen, philosophy and the fictional Glass family. Young children are often seen to offer salvation to those corrupted by the world.

His legendary status is also confirmed by his withdrawal from the publishing world around forty years ago. He has not published any work since this time and currently lives in Cornish, New Hampshire, in a house reported to be full of floor-to-ceiling cabinets containing unpublished works. Attempts to discover more about Salinger have always ended in failure. He just doesn't want people to know!
Over-enthusiastic literature student: "I'm gonna go meet my hero, J D Salinger!"

Jaded yet horny literature professor: "Shut up I'm trying to take advantage of the trust and respect of my female students to get them into bed."
J D Salinger by Zyggy June 8, 2007

Pulling a Salinger

Pulling a Salinger is when a friend tends to vanish off and on from the social circle regularly, becoming reclusive, much like Catcher in the Rye author J.D. Salinger.
Where's Toby?" "Take a guess. He's Pulling a Salinger again and won't answer his cell.
Pulling a Salinger by snowflame July 25, 2010

J.D. Salinger 

Author of catcher in the rye.
After becoming so famous he became a hermit and does not leave his house, do interviews, or anything.
J.D. Salinger just sits in his house and waits to die.
J.D. Salinger by dimelis_16 May 25, 2007
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