On the game Super Smash Brothers Brawl, it is used to refer to being struck by an item and getting KO'd by or to lose the match due to item interference.
Used in a game of Super Smash Brothers Brawl where someone has such immense luck with getting items that's so incredibly ridiculous, that it's enough to completely make any kind of skill, no matter how great, obsolete.
Guy 1: GOD DAMN IT! That's the FIFTH fucking time he's gotten a legendary pokemon! Fucking stupid Kyogres!
Guy 2: Damn, man, you're getting shank'd real bad.
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.
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.