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A term used to describe a freakish, unexplainable event often relating to the paranormal.
I swear there were aliens in my room last night...this must really be an X File!
X-File by 42 May 13, 2005
1. A term used to describe a convicted child molester that has been released from prison.

2. A popular television show in the 90's about 2 FBI agents investigating the paranormal.
That X-File is just going to molest more kids, he should have been killed in prison.
X-File by fatso December 10, 2004
It a term for downloading porn off the internet.
John been downloading x-files from Kazaa.
X-File by dietcoke December 12, 2004

Must be an X-File 

When someone/thing is so beautiful and breathtaking that it seems out of this world
Wow that Gillian Anderson is so beautiful…must be an X-File
Must be an X-File by Mariana Sofia February 27, 2018

The X-Files

A show about a unique couple of FBI Agents who solve crimes of the unexplained. Possibly the best show ever created.
The X-Files was an awsome show, long live Mulder and Scully.
The X-Files by Sarah December 9, 2003
A pioneering work of Science Fiction and one of the longest running TV series ever. It revolves around the lives and work of FBI agents Fox Mulder, a conspiracy theorist and believer in aliens, and Dana Scully, a non-practicing doctor who is often exasperated by Mulder's paranoia. The two agents are assigned to cases involving the unexplainable and the paranormal. Episodes have involved the whole gamut of plot themes, from Time Travel to Shapeshifting to Ancient Jewish Mysticism. Part of the show's allure is that the episodes rarely have what can be considered a "happy" ending, but one that does usually bring closure to that particular case.
The theme music for the X-Files is so creepy!
x-files by Taylor Esformes May 17, 2005
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Oblication 

A vacation, feeling more like an obligation, that involves visiting or staying with family.
So Joe where are you taking the kids for spring break vacation? We are going on an oblication to Boca to visit my mother-in-law.
Oblication by kimmerr May 5, 2011
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Surf Dracula Syndrome 

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!
Word of the Day on October 24, 2026

Northstarring

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.
Northstarring by Light Bearer October 22, 2026
Word of the Day on October 23, 2026
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