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Term referring to something not particularly useful that has very high cost of upkeep.
Famous white elephants include Olympic Stadium in Montreal, the former Millennium Dome in London and the Concorde jet.
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an unwanted gift that one has no use for
I have no need for this white elephant. Do you know anywhere I can sell it?
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1)A gag gift, usually an unwanted gift that is rewrapped and redistributed. 2)Bundy Gift.
I got this Joey Fatone Bobblehead doll from that turkey across the street. What could I do with it? I know, It can be the White Elephant at the Christmas party this year!
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a project/venture/possession whose cost of maintenance is way higher than its rating of usefulness.
the freedom tower in NY is currently a major example of a white elephant, they could have just built the WTC Twin Towers II instead.
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1. the obese white women preferred by African American males.
Brothers who date white chicks are usually just thinning the herd of white elephants.
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A mystery drug (of unknown nature and effect) given by one person to another, the former often using the latter as a guinea pig to test the drug's effects.
Especially refers to this scenario when the drug's post-ingestion effect is particularly debilitating, such as that of horse or elephant tranquilizer.
Someone gave her a white elephant, and now she's in the bathroom vomiting.
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a) Unwanted or unneeded object
b) An aborted fetus
"Hills Like White Elephants" by Ernest Hemmingway
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