A line, said by Philocetes, in Disney and Square Enix's PS2 game "Kingdom Hearts II" when you are fighting the Hydra Boss in Olympus Coluseum. The line has gained infamy since Phil shouts it several times before Sora can actually do what he's saying.
The process of documenting networks of gossips, often at an office or at school, by feeding distinctive, false statements to different members of the network and then listening for references to those statements made by other members of the network.
"Nicholas never had thought to take up the game himself, to feed the hydra false information that wold echo in the whispering of its many heads" — John Fowles, "The Magus"
The act of tripping off of diphenhydramine hcl. A chemical found in sleeping pills and some allergy medication, a large enough dose acts as a deliriant, and can cause hallucinations, confusion, and one hell of a good time.
Last night I had an entire conversation with Abraham Lincoln before I realized he wasn't actually there. That's how you ride the hydra.
A technique used by intelligence agencies to uproot spies by feeding them phony information, then documenting their response to it. Also used by attorneys, and others, to reveal breaches of confidentiality.
As soon as we began to suspectVincent was leaking information to the Nazis, we responded by feeding the hydra, and the Nazis responded as you would predict.
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.
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!