In baseball, mostly referred as a pitch which "breaks." Those pitches being a curveball, slider, or cutter which all break. Breaking ball is mostly or widely used for a curveball.
"The 3-2 pitch is a breaking ball by Sonny Gray, striking out Robinson Cano, ending the inning."
Similar to the phrase 'my balls', it is the longer, more informative version for those idiots who haven't ever heard the phrase.
Used many times by Eric Cartman in the show South Park
An expression used while trying to come to an agreement with someone who is askingtoo much.
Person 1: I'll give you my watch if you don't ever tell anyone about this.
Person 2: I want the pants too.
Person 1: Oh, you're really breaking my balls here.
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.