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jump the shark

The precise moment when you know a tv show, rock band, or actor has gone downhill.
by VAKI5 May 8, 2005
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jumping the shark

It is the precise moment when you recognize that something is really over although it's momentum carries it on for a few steps.
She lit another cigarette and looked away. Her eyes looking beyond me told me for sure that the shark had been jumped.

Howard Dean's campaign jumped the Shark when he stood on the stage raving and shaking his fist at the crowd.
by J. Salyer March 22, 2004
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humping the shark

Humping the shark means having sex with a shark.

Not a recommended activity.
When Gus came out of the water he was all chewed up.

"What have you been doing?" asked Mungo.

"Humping the shark," said Gus, tucking his badly mauled willy back into his trunks.
by scodder June 2, 2010
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Jump the shark

Hung around too long. Kept something going when it had obviously run its course or became useless.
Keeping "Two & a Half Men" running with Ashton replacing Charlie Sheen. Further enhanced by reducing the roles of the really talented cast members like "Berta"; "Mom" & "Rose", "Jump the shark"d
by bk66 December 18, 2012
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Pipstar the Shark

Famous twitch streamer, founder of onlysharks.com. Doesn't define himself as Gen Z or Millennial. Has famous dad called Derek who left him when he was a little shark, sometimes appears on streams while being called by big PP moderator - Brisnate.

Pipstar112 personality is submassive, horny but he's still a hilarious and entertaining shark. Lives on the east coast of Australia where hunting decent ginger milfs. His special ability is humming all banger songs to hurt his viewer's ears and cause emotional damage. There are legends there exists a good fin soup and that one-day clitoris can be found by a shark.
Hey! Have you watched Pipstar the shark?
Yeah I even masturbated during!
by Whip Mommy February 22, 2022
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"jumping the shark"

(revival)
The scene was so preposterous that many believed it to be an ill-advised attempt at reviving the declining ratings of the flagging show... since then, it has become a metaphor that has been used by U.S. TV critics and fans to denote the point at which the characters or plot of a TV series veer into a ridiculous, out-of-the-ordinary storyline.

The term Jumping the shark alludes to a scene in the TV series Happy Days when the popular character Arthur "Fonzie" Fonzarelli, on water skis, literally jumps over a shark.

A phase in a relationship to rekindle romance after a betrayal or tort action.
My boyfriend has been going so overboard on the gifts and little extras since I caught him with that other girl, every time we go out it is like "jumping the shark".
by Kelly October 15, 2007
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jumping the shark

A semi-popular phrase for "selling out" or turning into shit.
The Ren and Stimpy show jumped the shark when Nickolodeon bought all the rights to make the show.
by AYB June 19, 2003
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