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The Hemingway (Or The Heming Way)

Noun: A word to describe the action of shooting oneself with a shotgun, inherently ending his or her life, in order to escape life's pressures; named for Ernest Hemingway, who did the very same thing.
"Dude, you got an "F" on your English test? Dang, you should totally go The Hemingway (Or The Heming Way).

Doing the Hemingway 

Getting drunk, banging two or three girls and then writing a small novel til the sun goes down...or comes up.
"Doing the Hemingway to-night."

"Shit! I'll bring condoms and my sister."

"See you at 7 then."
Doing the Hemingway by Jim Witness September 5, 2010

Lupin The III: The Hemingway Papersu

Lupin The III: The Hemingway Papersu
Lupin The III: The Hemingway Papersu

The Heming-way 

To blast one's head off with a shotgun, similar to the author Ernest Hemingway's preferred choice of suicide.
John's girlfriend broke up with him. Rather than move on like any normal person would do, he decided he couldn't live anymore without her and went the Heming-way.