verb, noun:
to leave hanging, to be left hanging, a cliffhanger.
Coined when the second season of the
popular animated television series, Clone
High, was abruptly cancelled, leaving viewers to agonize over the first season's cliffhanger: did Abe pick
Joan or Cleo?
A: Then, the
man dragged his bloody stump toward the
window and suddenly--oh gotta' go, my pizza's here.
B: Suddenly what? Hey! Don't clone high me,
man!