A yard party, usually held in the front yard of a house. Its public nature may attract passers-by to join. In the early days of the coronavirus pandemic, before stay at home orders made gatherings of this nature unacceptable to many, a yarty was a way to socialize while maintaining a 10 foot separation.
I met my neighbors at a yarty the other day -- but they were all 20 feet away so now I'm hoarse from shouting across the yard at everyone.
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.