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It be what it do 

a term used by streamers to say "it is what it is" in a unique way
Streamer: *Reading chat* oh you can't sub next month? Its alright man it be what it do.
It be what it do by dawndeviant August 22, 2020

What it be like

A greeting similar to what it is. How's it going? How is it?
Hey, long time no see, what it be like?

what it be 

Similar to whats up, whats good, what it do
Asked as a question, usually meaning something like, "hows it going?" or "whats goin on?" also, "whats up?"
"whats good, what it be?"
"chillin man. chillin."

what it be 

To say hi or start a conversation with another gangsta from your hood in the surburbs of detroit. An all white suburb where no black people live.
What it be dawg
What it be bitch
what it be by Urban Dictionary March 10, 2005

what it be? 

just another lame way to say wats up?
amanda: hey steph
stephie: what it be?
amanda: your soo ghetto fabulous!
what it be? by Stefie is love July 27, 2007

it appears to be what it appears to be 

The true alternative to the lame "it is what it is", because truly nothing is what it is, it can only appear to be that.
I cant stand the phrase "it is what it is" because things are only what it appears to be what it appears to be.
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Oblication 

A vacation, feeling more like an obligation, that involves visiting or staying with family.
So Joe where are you taking the kids for spring break vacation? We are going on an oblication to Boca to visit my mother-in-law.
Oblication by kimmerr May 5, 2011
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Surf Dracula Syndrome 

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.

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I watched "Smallville" on Netflix the other day. Dude, it was ten seasons of filler before he finally flew! Major Surf Dracula Syndrome!
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Northstarring

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 flying everywhere, so she went northstarring — one checked fact at a time.
Northstarring by Light Bearer October 22, 2026
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