'Manlike' is often used as a sort of exclamation upon greeting someone to re-affirm who that person. It can also be used to boost ones ego (including yourself)
Manlike Bill Gates is out'ere doing his thing, stacking his papez.
This term is derived from the early 18th Century and was used to describe the Archbishop of Kashmir (Lord Tre Shah) under the British Rule of the Indian Subcontinent led by Queen Victoria and handled by the East India Company. The term was used due to the fact that Lord Tre Shah was quite the Womanizer and had many mistresses with a reported 6 wives during his lifetime. This term has been passed down and is currently used as a slang term and the meaning of this term is now to describe a male that has his ways with the female persuasion. It is similar to the term pimp but this term is more 'hip' nowadays.
Tom: So what happened with katie?
David: katie? which one?
Tom: Cor' Blimey you're well manlike, you remind me of lord tre shah
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 β one checked fact at a time.