When a well connected, wealthy family sets up an unmotivated, moronic offspring in a powerful job/role/position/etc. in order to save face.
A: How did ______ get hired as the new vice-president?! Last time I saw him/her she was stoned in his/her grandma's basement for weeks on end.
B: Dude, ______ was garfinkeled.
A: Ah, the company's gonna go bankrupt.
B: Dude, ______ was garfinkeled.
A: Ah, the company's gonna go bankrupt.
by Icannadoeet November 30, 2016
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when in some sort of relationship, business or otherwise, your associate or partner leaves, acheiving more success or happiness than when they were associated with you.
Dammit, I've been garfunkeled! My ex-girlfriend was miserable and wouldn't do anything with me when I was with her, but I saw her the other day, she was with her new asshole boyfriend and...well...dammit
I've been garfunkeled!
I've been garfunkeled!
by ethan "mojo-spankk" bradshaw October 16, 2003
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A: damm, look at Pam work it
K: Um-huh, she working that hard
A: Making me hard
K: that's why its called the Garfinkle strut
K: Um-huh, she working that hard
A: Making me hard
K: that's why its called the Garfinkle strut
by UtsUts July 17, 2006
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by Alex fgsdfg f May 29, 2005
Get the garfinkle mug.1. A man (usually rail thin) who hasn't ever trimmed his mess of curly pubes, which now resemble Art Garfunkel's jew fro.
2. Someone who actively partakes in fucking women whilst wearing an Art Garfunkel wig.
2. Someone who actively partakes in fucking women whilst wearing an Art Garfunkel wig.
"Sarah, how was sex with Ian?"
"It was okay, but going down on him was a pain in the ass, his pubes are a forest, he's a real garfunkeler"
"It was okay, but going down on him was a pain in the ass, his pubes are a forest, he's a real garfunkeler"
by Madman With A Cause July 27, 2016
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by UncleSlippery April 30, 2015
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