A fork of Rural Dictionary
A person who is constantly on their phone or mobile devices and so are no fun to talk to.
Popularized by Neal Stephenson's Snow Crash.
Dude, good luck trying to hit on that girl at the club, she is such a gargoyle.
"Gargoyles are no fun to talk to. They never finish a sentence. They are adrift in a laser-drawn world, scanning retinas in all directions . . . You think they’re talking to you, but they’re actually poring over the credit record of some stranger on the other side of the room."
The act of painting one's body silver, then at night turning on a light and commencing to jerk in front of a window. When people pass by they will see the image of a gargoyle.
When Justine walked by my window, she glanced over to see me gargoyling
(v): The act of peering down into a large group of people gathered in a large social setting (typically a bar or party) with the intent of flirting (or picking up) people in the group. Usually used as a negative connotation.
The girls were eager to leave the bar when they noticed the group of young men gargoyling them from the 2nd level.
A military code name/jargon for an enemy combatant in an elevated guard post.
Assassin this is Knife, I got two Gargoyles in that North tower. Marking them with my PEQ 2 now.
The act of a drunk girl perched on the bathroom sink urinating because the stalls are full.
Damn, full house...I guess I can gargoyle the sink!
The look someone has as they are perched on a railing of some sort before attempting a back flip.
If you look in the distance you can see Jesco gargoyling from the top deck.