The five most powerful words on Wall Street. This refers to a fictional individual "dL" who is so knowledgeable and so well known in the industry, that the claim of "bringing in" encouraging to join the organization such a person is an instant credibility boost to the claimant, a claim so remarkable that an otherwise weak person could be hired solely on said claim.
person seeing job: ...so thats what i did for the past 15 years
interviewer: your experience is mediocre, what else do you bring to the table?
person seeing job: "I can bring in dL"
a phrase referring to the sudden, unexpected, and unexplained removal of oneself from a position of employment. Usually executed in a flippant manner, sometime by email, and always followed by a gift of produce.
If a person were to leave their place of employment and only give, say a few hours notice and not say goodbye to her co-workers, that would be "bring in the tomatoes"
While our lifespan is the number of years we will live, our healthspan is the number of healthy years we will have and our sexspan is is the number of years we will continue to be healthy enough to continue having an active sex life.
A lighthearted reaction upon receiving disappointing news of some sort. Usually something that isn't a particularly a big deal, esp. when it primarily affects someone else - sort of a mild schadenfreude. Sometimes doubled or tripled, and possibly said in a sing-songy voice for added comedic effect to imitate a muted trumpet, which is how the meme originated.
You didn't get any napkins with your takeout pork fried rice? Womp womp.
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 flying everywhere, so she went northstarring — one checked fact at a time.