A phrase used in a small regional cluster in the northeast US. It means to ensure that your own needs are met without regard to what others may want or need. Can be used in the first person, second person, or third person, such as “my piece of lasagna, your piece of lasagna, or his/her piece of lasagna.”
“My piece of Lasagna” - Everybody at the ballgame wanted a beer, but Jenny just got up and went to the concession stand and came back with only one. When her thirsty friends protested bitterly, she responded - “I don’t care if you all are hot and thirsty. I got MY piece of lasagna!”
The act of leaving a situation or a scenario dramatically with your fingers in the shape of guns pointed in the air, or blasting away imaginary bullets at others around you.
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.