The word used to identify a stepmother that you don't like, get along with, just plain despise. 1st coined in the film St. Elmo's Fire, used chiefly by Demi Moore's character, Jules.
Jules: I have to go. Did the hospital call? Did my stepmonster die?
A step mother who is a nightmare to the other children. Known to fight for the mother title in many sinister ways. Pouts when the real mother is in contact with the child or grandchildren. Has no concern about how that looks to anyone..kids, grandkids. A total "one-upper" in every breath
Dammit, my stepmonster Lisa wont leave my mother alone. I mean who do she thinks she is, she has never been and will never be a mother to me
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.