Primarily for use during football when you have an opportunity to score, although can be used across all sports/video games. With reference to Andy Gray’s comments to Charlotte Jackson on Sky Sports that contributed to him getting sacked.
*Richard and Jeff are playing FIFA whilst Jamie is watching. Richard is awarded a penalty*
A synonym for balls to the wall or in it to win it, "in it for the dragons" can be applied to anything that one does with abandon or to the extreme. It also has the connotation that one is committed to this level of action for the long haul. Implied in the phrase is the understanding that the zeal with which one is pursuing their chosen activity is sufficient to bring extinct mythical creatures back to life.
Dude 1: "Let's kick this keg tonight!!"
Dude 2: "Fuck yeah!! I'm in it for the dragons!!!"
Dude 1: "Yo, I don't know if I can make it to the top of this mountain!!
Dude 2: "You Sally!! I thought you were in it for the dragons!!"
Dude 1: "Yo the first time I took acid I was in it for the dragons!!"
Dude 2: "Word."
Dude 1: "I think I'm gonna ask Debra to marry me."
Dude 2: "Wow, dude, you're really in it for the dragons!!!"
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.
When finance content creators rent out fancy cars and flexcash to seem richer than they really are in order to promote and sell their “get rich quick” courses.