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Bunbury
1. To galavant around under a false identity, usually performing various licentious and immoral acts.
2. To get out of a commitment by pretending to visit a problematic or sick friend or family member. Often, with the time gained from this bunburying, you bunbury do the first definition of bunburying as well.
It derives from Oscar Wilde's "The Importance of Being Ernest", where Algernon invents a sick friend named Bunbury as an excuse to visit the countryside and avoid his relatives. Also considered bunburying, Jack invents an uncouth brother by the name of Ernest as an excuse to visit London and shirk his domestic responsibilities.
2. To get out of a commitment by pretending to visit a problematic or sick friend or family member. Often, with the time gained from this bunburying, you bunbury do the first definition of bunburying as well.
It derives from Oscar Wilde's "The Importance of Being Ernest", where Algernon invents a sick friend named Bunbury as an excuse to visit the countryside and avoid his relatives. Also considered bunburying, Jack invents an uncouth brother by the name of Ernest as an excuse to visit London and shirk his domestic responsibilities.
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Bunbury
To Bunbury is to create a fictitious; person; appointment... In order to avoid obligations.
Adj. Bunburying, Bunburyist. Originated from The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde.
Adj. Bunburying, Bunburyist. Originated from The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde.
You sure are a Bunbury artist!
Bunbury by Pengueleon August 6, 2016
bunbury
To Bunbury or to go bunburying is to have a made up excuse to get out of doing something boring.
From Oscar Wilde's 'The importance of being earnest',
where Jack creates a sick friend by the name of Bunbury to escape the boring countryside.
From Oscar Wilde's 'The importance of being earnest',
where Jack creates a sick friend by the name of Bunbury to escape the boring countryside.
dumb bunbun
The horniest fucker out there, who just constantly begs to be railed by all their friends and followers. They also tend to have a piss kink, but everyone is okay with it because they're hot enough that it's acceptable.
Omg Kylie is such a dumb bunbun, did you hear what they were posting about on their private yesterday?
dumb bunbun by Snap Crackle Popper June 23, 2021
dumb.bunbun
his name is moss, yes like the plant i know adorable, and he's the best meme page owner like ever they have a piss kink which to each his own ig but we over look that and overall they just have the cutest clothes and seem very hugable and let's not forget how incredibly hot, sexy, and swaggy he is
person one: wow i really want to see some awesome relatable adorable memes do you know who i can follow?
person two: yes!!! @dumb.bunbun is just the guy for you!
person two: yes!!! @dumb.bunbun is just the guy for you!
dumb.bunbun by urmomsgf June 24, 2021
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