The incidence of increasing monthly cell phone charges resulting from daylight savings time ending
The Nokia Effect (n): "NO-key-ah uh-fekt": its dark out at 5pm, my phone is free at night, its dark at night, therefore my phone must be in night time free minute mode at 5pm, not true says my $250 cell bill)
n. In Yinzer, this is a mixed drink, useful in drowning one's sorrows after a particularly disappointing loss by the Pittsburgh Steelers or contemplating that the Pittsburgh Pirates haven't had a winning season since 1992 (as of the 2009 season). It is a Depth Charge Boilermaker made with Iron City Beer and Imperial Whiskey. Here's the recipe:
Pour cold beer carefully into tumbler as to not create a head. Wash hands, carefully clean a shot glass inside and out, then fill shot glass with Imperial Whiskey--hold shot glass, do not put on bar or table. Carefully drop whiskey-filled shot glass into beer, and serve. No garnish.
Jeez-o-man! The Stillers dom'nated, but lost, n'at! Barkeep, I need to get drownded in an Imp 'n' Ahn!
Translation: Golly! (or other expression of exasperation). The Pittsburgh Steelers lost another game like they did when they played Houston, limited them to 45 yards of total offense, and lost! Bartender, I need to drown my sorrows in a Iron City Beer & Imperial Whiskey Depth Charge.
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.