Brad: So whatcha up to?
Sophie: Not much, I supposed to be going out tonight, but then I realised I've got $0 money, so now i'm not going and just losering behind my computer.
When a girl stays complacent with an alcoholic townie despite previously held wishes to do something with her life.
"Hey, didn't she go in to the Peace Corp?"
"No, she gave up on that idea once she started townie losering with some 30 year old alcoholic who lives with his parents."
When your wingman keeps wingmanning beyond the call of duty because you haven't sealed the deal.
Target: "I don't know if I should go home with him."
Wingman: "He's a great guy, but he's kind of awkward at first....and he loves puppies and children as he volunteers every weekend at a puppy rescue and orphan center."
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.