Hollywooding

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noun The act of a responder performing his duties in a flashy, lazy, or non-standard way

By analogy with Hollywood and its flashy lifestyle and inaccurate display of emergency medicine on film.

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The things that they and Ben R. point out, and take advantage of the Hollywooding of the ad...which all candidates do.

Archive 2006-08-01 2006
As they backtrack while chastising the Hollywooding of the ad, they are essentially guilty of doing the same thing they chastize the candidates for.

Archive 2006-08-01 2006
About an hour later, I suck all the chips out of a raiser when I flop the nut flush and let him bet into me, taking another peek at my cards before calling his bet, really Hollywooding.

TAKE ME TO THE RIVER Peter Alson 2006
About an hour later, I suck all the chips out of a raiser when I flop the nut flush and let him bet into me, taking another peek at my cards before calling his bet, really Hollywooding.

TAKE ME TO THE RIVER Peter Alson 2006
A little Hollywooding shouldn't be so hard to buy with that concept.

Whedonesque | a weblog about Joss Whedon 2010
If I were Hollywooding it up, I’d have Moses reach the Promised Land because he’s sort of the main character of the Torah/Old Testament and the main character deserves a happy ending.

Superhero Nation: how to write superhero novels and comic books » Think Like an Editor 2009
If we were REALLY Hollywooding it up, we’d have to give Jesus a happy ending rather than a gruesome death by asphyxiation.

Superhero Nation: how to write superhero novels and comic books » Think Like an Editor 2009