The act of purchasing a video game or software before it's actually released; often to gain some slight reward, easter egg or advantage when eventually playing the game itself.
The term was coined by the software vendors, and literally represents an impossible act, since what you are doing is actually regular ordering, with real money. The correct definition of what you are doing is "post getting".
"I had a spare $50 lying around, so I pre-ordered Moons Over Mars so my character would have the g-string of death. Had I waited for 3 weeks post-release; I would have only paid 19.50"
Going after someone for romantic or sexual advances that is two years or more younger than yourself. Commonly used with the word Post-order. Used by all sex's since it was made for all sex's
Finn told me he was talking two a girl and I asked her age since he just turned 18 so he said she was 16 but turns 17 in a couple of weeks I told him he was pre-ordering so he should stop talking to her.
To order and pay for something before it's intended release date to guarantee a copy for you. Most stores will reserve a copy for that person upon its actual release, while others will only guarantee you to get one while it is in stock, but will not charge you since you've already paid. Online retailers will order at least the number pre ordered, and some will ship them to you in anticipation of delivery on it's release date.
The current world record for pre orders is Halo 2, sitting at around 20 million copies. This beat The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time's record that was held since 1998.
John wanted a copy of Halo 2, and wanted one so bad that he wanted a copy guaranteed to him before it came out. He then went online, pre ordered a copy, and had one shipped to him when the game came out 4 months later.
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!