A phrase derived from the hip era (i.e. 1960's) to mean suicide via hanging.
Hip cat at a blues bar #1: "So uh..ya hear 'bout that cat on Bleecker?"

Hip cat at a blues bar #2: "Yeah, gave himself a Chicago neck-tie, did'n he?"
by scrbblsck July 19, 2010
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