in the midst of a series of successes.
experiencing a period of success or good luck
Beyoncé is on a roll. Her latest, another "visual album" with corresponding videos in the mold of her 2013 self-titled set, renders infidelity and reconciliation with a cinematic vividness.
Fake gold or something that is a cheap kind of metal like steel or tin that is only plated with gold. Some people will try to pass off items made with this material as being real gold.
Person 1: "Yo man what you need?"
Person 2: "Yo, ah man I need something man. I need a 20 man."
Person 1: "Well what you got man?"
Person 2: "I got this gold chain man."
Person 1: "This shit looks like that gold on a roll shit from the swap meet!"
Person 2: "It's real man."
Person 1: "This shit ain't real. You'd better get the fuck out of here and come back with some money."
Person 2: "Come on man, be cool man."
Opening Dialogue From The Song "Dopeman" By N.W.A.
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!