A phrase used to express glee when an fortunate event occurs that allows the individual to get something or "come up" on something for nothing. In lamest terms, getting something for nothing.
I saw that basketball player leave his locker open. I'm gonna get some new shoes on the come up.
We're gonna see Batman cheap during the matinee and watchthree other movies that day on the come up.
To work yourself into the proximity of your desired subject with the sole purpose of shamelessly hitting on them. Said subject is usually aware of your stalking and may be seen rolling her eyes and muttering, Lord, he is creeping up on the come up AGAIN!'
Ok, ladies, stick together. Keep an eye out for nerdlingers trying to creep up on the come up!
When they firstmet, he thought she was just creeping up on the come up but as it turned out she wasn't skeevy like that at all.
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.