An asshole who preorders/buys an item as soon as it's available and resells it at a higher price point than the item originally sold for. Usually is fat, lazy, or has no actual job.
Johnny: I went to Gamestop to get the new Destiny game and they were out of stock and I had to buy it from a scalper.
David: What an asshole, preying upon innocent people wanting to buy something that they find interesting.
A subset of the furry fandom in which reptilian creatures and anthropomorphs exist. The most common are dragons and anthro-dragons, but others such as snakes, naga, yuan-ti, lizards, etc., exist.
He's a dragon, you say? I've always been a fan of scalies.
Someone who purchases large quantities of goods (usually tickets) early with the sole intention of re-selling them at a higher price at a laterdate (closer to the event).
Seedy looking guys outside stadiums avoiding police and trying to sell tickets to baseball/football games which are about to start.
Purchasing large quantities of goods (usually tickets) early with the sole intention of re-selling them at a higher price at a laterdate (closer to the event).
(Thanks to ~Sunigirl~ for the original entry!)
Mike Damone: Busted for scalping Ozzy Osbourne tickets. Now working at 7-11 .
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.
A plate of brown consists of foods that have little to no nutritional value, and are typically deep fried. A true plate of brown will also be accompanied by a dark soda.
When finance content creators rent out fancy cars and flexcash to seem richer than they really are in order to promote and sell their “get rich quick” courses.