Abbreviation for the phrase: "Show me don't tell me". For use in emails, instant messaging and sms texting.
Son: "Dad, I hope you are still able to read and comprehend this text. The doctors called and told me you only have a day or two and you are drifting further into oblivion as each hour passes. My platoon is pinned down in this hell hole of a valley and surrounded on all sides by the advancing Borneo Free Militia. They are ruthless and brutal and we are sitting ducks waiting to be swept upon in a grotesque frenzy.
Despite these forlorn circumstances, I made a vow many years ago-before I arrived here-that I would be by your side in your final days. I intend on upholding that promise. Even if I have to sprint those 6miles out to sea alone with nothing but my rifle and your lucky hatchet on my hip, I will make it there. I will move heaven and earth-and believe me-you will once again feel my hand in yours."
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.