Ahh yes, Phonovial. The passive-aggressive monster that will haunt your nightmares for years. Once a powerful being with unlimited potential, now turns to be a Beta male in his current state. Tends to fend off his enemies with just two simple words; "WATCH IT". Do not get in his way. All Phonovials are the same, so one is easy to identify from a large crowd. Do not be fooled, this man has the potential to take on entire armies and live to tell the tale.
Ryan: "Did you see that Phonovial the other day? As soon as he said "Watch It!" I was out of there!
Aiden: "Yeah man, Phonovials can be very passive-aggressive sometimes.
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.