(n.)1. a system widely used in Europe to keep certain substances from touching the ground, floor, etc... As of 2009, has not crossed the pond to the United States.
(n.)2. a device able to modulate at low levels consisting of plastic (static free), paper like products (including post-it notes, legal paper, computer paper etc...) in a box or circular form. Used mainly to keep long, flowing objects in place (garland, tinsel, etc...).
1). Five different Italian families are believed to have invented the system know as the "modulator valve."
2.) "Wow", said Jane, "that modulator valve keeps the tinsel from hanging down and tree looks so much more beautiful."
In the wacky world of Warner Brother's, it is a fused device used in a contraption designed to destroy large heavenly bodies, namely Earth. Primarily used by Marvin the Martain.
'My Illudium Q-36 Explosive Space Modulator! That creature has stolen the space modulator!'
Marvin the Martian's weapon after 2000 years of work to destroy the Earth because it blocks his view of Venus, in Hareway to the Stars with Bugs Bunny. It is often misspelt "Illudium Q-36 Explosive Space Modulator".
The Illudium PU-36 Explosive Space Modulator...that creature has stolen the Space Modulator!?! Delays, delays.
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 flying everywhere, 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.