it appears that; as far as one knows; seemingly
apparently
adverb 1. seemingly, outwardly, ostensibly, speciously .
it appears that, allegedly, it seems that, on the face of it, by all accounts, so the story goes, so I'm told Apparently the girls are not amused by the situation.
The deterioration has been caused by an apparently endless recession
A weekend where the only way to recall the past weekend's events is to say "apparently I..." and continue on with the story. Apparently I weekends are usually accompanied by large quantities of alcohol.
What the renditions of Apparently I Weekends might look like:
"It was an awesome party. Apparently I had a great time..."
"My night was pretty crazy. Apparently I was acting like an airplane. Sound effects and all."
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.