Tarantino-it
When you start a story by telling the end and then going back the the beggining to finish telling the story.
- I'm gonna Tarantino-it, today this guy told me "I'm gonna kill you!" It all started when I walked into walgreens....
Tarantinoing
A screenwriting technique in which two or more characters have a conversation that has nothing to do with the plot of the movie or the current situation, but is usually added to lighten the mood, or to develop character. This method can either work to the movie's advantage, or just slow it down.
Coined by Doug Walker, AKA the Nostalgia Critic, in his review of M. Night Shyamalan's "Signs."
Coined by Doug Walker, AKA the Nostalgia Critic, in his review of M. Night Shyamalan's "Signs."
1. Ugh, that new M. Night Shyamalan movie was horrendous. The plot was nonsensical, the characters were dull, and there was WAY too much Tarantinoing.
2. The movie was pretty violent, but the Taratinoing lightened up the mood considerably.
2. The movie was pretty violent, but the Taratinoing lightened up the mood considerably.
The Tarantino
The process by which a minority in Congress can block bills from coming to a vote.
Why are people calling Republican use of the fillibuster "The Tarantino"?
Because it "Kills Bills"!
Because it "Kills Bills"!
tarantino
to tell a story or joke by revealing the ending or punchline first
Mark: To get to the other side.
Steve: What?
Mark: That's why the chicken crossed the road.
Steve: You totally just tarantinoed that joke.
Steve: What?
Mark: That's why the chicken crossed the road.
Steve: You totally just tarantinoed that joke.
tarantino
verb
To completely destroy something in a very violent and spectacular manner, normally by accident.
To completely destroy something in a very violent and spectacular manner, normally by accident.
Preoccupied by her upcoming conference presentation in Sweden, Katie unwittingly tarantinoed a dead bird in a puff of red and feathers while mowing the lawn at her parents' cottage.
Tarantino
Verb form of The Tarantino.
Alternate name the US Senate filibuster because it kills bills. On her self-named show on MSNBC, Rachel Maddow felt that the word filibuster puts people to sleep, and the issue of filibuster abuse was too important to have a sleepy electorate.
Alternate name the US Senate filibuster because it kills bills. On her self-named show on MSNBC, Rachel Maddow felt that the word filibuster puts people to sleep, and the issue of filibuster abuse was too important to have a sleepy electorate.
When they Tarantino a bill, you could also call it constitutional blockage because the filibuster is like an impacted colon in the body politic. The Senate needs a good cleanse of the obstructionist! Then, maybe things will get moving!
tarantinoed
getting caught in a brawl with hot chicks wielding swords and machine guns and mobsters who pull out guns and shoot heroin into your brain and diamonds and zombies and cocaine and money fall from the sky. also fu man chu might be there.
OMFG!!! I JUST GOT TARANTINOED! I'M MISSING AN ARM AND THREE TOES AND IM BEING CHASED BY THE COPS AND I THINK I'M ABOUT TO OVERDOSE, BUT IT WAS THE BEST MOMENT OF MY LIFE!!!