In medieval times a queen was expected to travel with a large entourage and make a grand entrance that would 'wow' all guests. Therefore the queen was alloted an extra hour to prepare for all public events without being considered late. This "grace period" became known as the queens hour and was often spent discussing the queen and predicting her entrance attire. Now used in some circles to indicate when one won't be on time, but it will be worth it for the fabulous-ness of dress or personality of the late comer.
A: "The party starts in fifteen minutes"
B: "I'll be there in A Queen's Hour"
A phenomenon in film/television series, most notably streaming series, where the main premise is drawn out to such a point that it takes an entire season or more to get the parts of the series the audience is actually interested in seeing.
For example, if a series is titled "Surf Dracula," a majority of viewers would tune in expecting to see Dracula surfing by the first or second episode. However, the entire first season would instead be tedious padding and backstory before finally ending with Dracula surfing in the last five minutes of the season finale.
I watched "Smallville" on Netflix the other day. Dude, it was ten seasons of filler before he finally flew! Major Surf Dracula Syndrome!
Finding your way back to the truth by fixing on one verified fact and working out from there, the way you navigate by the North Star when everything around you is spinning.
Rumours were flyingeverywhere, so she went northstarring — one checked fact at a time.
A plate of brown consists of foods that have little to no nutritional value, and are typically deep fried. A true plate of brown will also be accompanied by a dark soda.