(noun) -- a total coward. So defined because Francesco Schettino, Captain of the cruise ship Costa Concordia which ran aground off the coast of Tuscany resulting in at least 11 deaths, abandoned the ship before many of the passengers and crew, and did not return to the ship despite being ordered to do so by the Italian coast guard to help with the rescue operations. A Schettino is the polar opposite of Captain Sully.
That guy is a Schettino. He ran like a girl to save himself!
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Coward. When an individual, who is primarily occupied by impressing a female companion, crashes a cruise ship and quickly bales on responsibly, even when other lives are at risk.
Person A, βDid you hear about Billy?β
Person B, βYea, he skipped out on his teammates. Right when they really needed him.β
Person A, βWhat a Schettino!β
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1. Cowardice in the face of distress.
2. The act of abandoning those who have placed their trust in you.
1. Jim showed nothing but schettino last night. It was three on three, but he ran and we got our asses kicked.
2. To complete the schettino, Bob left without paying the bar tab and without driving us home, like he was supposed to do.
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(n.) someone that is so cowardly and weak that every person on the planet instantly hates them
-based upon the captain of the cruise ship that jumped on a life boat and left the passengers to die when he crashed his ship into the aground.
Mike pulled a Schettino when he used his infant son as a human shield.
Janet pulled a Schettino when she sold her daughter to a pedophile so she could get some money for crack.
Sean proved himself to be a big Schettino when he left his children to die in his burning house.
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A complete asshole. Willing to lie and put lives in danger in order to cover his own ass.
The porn star decided to be a schettino and keep working rather than divulge his HIV positive status.
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Verb: So scared that you empty your bowels. Similar in pronunciation to "Shit in yo".
Named for Captain Francesco Schettino, who crashed a cruise ship in Italy and abandoned ship instead of staying with the ship to coordinate rescue efforts.
You were so scared that you Schettino pants.
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Coward, cowardly. Derived from the name of the captain of the luxury liner Concordia, because he ran it aground Jan. 2012, by going too close to shore, and then abandoned ship on a lifeboat and refused to return to help the other passengers or crew get off the boat safely, because he was scared to go back on the ship.
"You like to push women around? Gawd, you're such a Schettino."
"Don't be so Schettino. Just jump: the diving board is only three feet high and you're making everybody else wait to dive!"
"He had unprotected sex with her repeatedly; then when she turned up pregnant, he left town. Very Schettino-ish."
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