The act of a male masturbating in the front passenger seat of a female's car, in the hope that she will join him. Usually a last act of desperation on an unsuccessful first date.
"My friend Nika went on a first date with this guy and he totally shotgun styled her at the end of the night".
A military term used both literally and metaphorically:
1) To remove the rear pin on an M16 rifle, allowing the rifle to fold open to reveal the internal parts. This is similar to how a double-barrel shotgun folds open for loading.
2) To explain something in a very simple and clear fashion.
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.