A dark variety of sandstone, much used for building purposes.
A row house built of brownstone; reddish brown in color.
A reddish brown sandstone; used in buildings.

He was in the West Nineties, a long block of brownstone rooming houses.
(William S. Burroughs, 'The Junky's Christmas')

brownstone by darkmonkey May 11, 2006

brownstone

To annoy the crap out of one person day by day in order to attain company.

"Yo Alex G wants to hang out with me, he calls me, he nocks on my door, he won't leave me alone, what a brownstone.

brownstone by BB Lebs Aka Mega Rap Star September 1, 2008

Mr. Brownstone

Means Heroin and is also a famous song by Guns N Roses on their debut album "Appetite for Destruction". When they are saying "Dancing with Mr. Brownstone" it means they are "Shootin Heroin"

"We Been Dancin' with Mr. Brownstone
He's been knockin he won't leave me alone"

Mr. Brownstone by StraightUpWestSide June 27, 2005

Whale

In sales terms, a whale is a prospect that is significantly larger than an organization’s average customer.

Whales are large and extremely difficult to close. Due to their immense size, they are highly sought-after.

A whale is typically identified at first by a whale hunter on the sales team, but often requires cross-discipline participation in order to close; this includes assistance from operations, engineering, creative, client success, and business development teams.

"Shit...the sales director chewed me out on the sales call this morning. He's totally pissed that I have nothing in my pipeline. I've been focused on this one whale for so long that I haven't had time to prospect for normal-sized deals."

Whale by FQ_GFY February 3, 2020

Word of the Day on September 21, 2026