When one company appears to permanently own an entire industry but eventually gets pushed aside by competitors in a shocking, unforeseeable manner. The term references the BlackBerry Company, one of the early originators of smart mobile devices. BlackBerry users worldwide grew from 534,000 in 2003 to an all-time high of 80 million in 2012. It has since plummeted to only 11 million users (0.003% of the global market) while Apple iPhone and Samsung mobile devices users have soared to 2 billion people (56% of the global market).
The indirect or non-existent eye-contact used by individuals typing or texting on their handhelds while pretending to pay attention during a conversation.
Kevin only saw the presentation through his BlackBerripheral vision. He never stopped texting.
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!