Hemingway

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Hemingway

1. A surname.
2. Ernest Hemingway (1899–1961), American writer and journalist.

Hemingway (third-person singular simple present Hemingways, present participle Hemingwaying, simple past and past participle Hemingwayed)

1. To speak, write or behave in a Hemingwayesque manner.
   • 1979, The New York Times Book Review - Volume 1; Volume 84, page iii:

     But there is no literary law that says thai — to set forth these beauties — the writers must first excel in the art of Hemingwaying.

   • 2000, Hans Schoots, Living Dangerously: A Biography of Joris Ivens, page 131:

     Ivens concluded his account with a remark that out-Hemingwayed Hemingway: 'I know that money is hard to make but dying is not easy either.

   • 2010, Sasa Stanisic, How The Soldier Repairs The Gramophone:

     That just-a-moment had hardly died away before Father turned and Hemingwayed Bogoljub so forcefully that the tobacconist was sent flying against the bookshelves.

   • 2018, Betty Webb, The Otter of Death:

     And as it turned out, he'd Hemingwayed his so-called past. Those tales he told about backpacking the two-thousand-mile-long Appalachian Trail while fighting off bears and wolves? The time at Pismo Beach when he punched out a shark to rescue a lifeguard? The stories were interesting the first few times I heard them but they paled with the retelling.

2. To study, or talk about, Ernest Hemingway.
   • 2012, Paula McLain, The Paris Wife:

     After Hemingway's death in 1961, he was bombarded with questions about the author and finally asked a reporter to let it be known that he was “Hemingwayed out!”

   • 2012, Joe Haldeman, The Hemingway Hoax:

     Lena knew more about the missing stories than 98 percent of the people who Hemingwayed for a living.

   • 2017, Nelson DeMille, The Cuban Affair:

     I said, “I'm a little Hemingwayed out, but we can go to Floridita after dinner if you'd like.”

• Hemingwayan
• Hemingway daiquiri
• Hemingwayesque
• Hemingway special