1. An attained perception or state of mind by an individual where resulting activities would normally be construed as criminal or morally repugnant in the eyes of the opposite sex but instead is dismissed as acceptable or quasi normal behavior.
2. A writing process which employs no planning or thinking before typing that results in the reader’s confusion and leaves them unsure of the authors intended meaning. Tacit understanding of the rules of grammar are not required to spot this nefarious writing style as the presence of mixed metaphors, unsettled diction, and the use of adjectives as adverbs will easily alert the reader.
Dan offered a thielism to the world when he asked on his blog; "How does the taste of defeat taste?"
Derek after conversing with Dan realized a Thielism was afoot when Dan stated that he had gotten a little bit "rough" with a woman.
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.