1) To work at an introductory-level tech position.
2) To attempt a feat without knowledge of how it can be done.

Phrase originates from a Westwood College commercial, in which two young videogame designers, dressed in 70s attire, report to their boss that they are "almost done with level 3, and need to tighten up the graphics a little bit."

1) "Once I move back to Arlington I'm gonna tighten up the graphics for Adobe Systems."

2) "I'm almost done with my quadratics homework, I just need to tighten up the graphics a little bit."

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tighten up

1. To get your act together. 2. Don't be so loose

Mary: Sarah you should put your clothes on!
Kelly: Yea, Sarah tighten up!
Sarah: Mary you should stop takin it deep!
Kelly: Yea, Mary tighten up!

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tighten it up

To get one's shit together.

After breaking his sobriety and drinking, Amy told John to tighten it up.

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Tighten his shortz

To give a crossword fanatic a book which contains puzzles which are much, much harder than the ones they are doing right now. It is named after puzzlemaster Will Shortz.

"I just bought Bob that book of Chicago Tribune crossword puzzles. That really oughta tighten his shortz."

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tightening the door knob

(participial phrase) the sexual act of grabbing and twisting the head of the penis upon male orgasm in an attempt to increase seminal velocity (and make a cool spiral); the partner performing this act must make a squeaky sound as if a door knob was being tightened

Male 1: My girl was tightening the door knob last night.
Male 2: What?
Male 1: She twisted the head of my penis when I came and I let fly a mighty ejaculate.
Male 2: Does it burn?
Male 1: Yea, but it was worth it. And she's blind now.

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Surf Dracula Syndrome

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!

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Northstarring

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.

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Plate of Brown

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.

Wanna go to meal hall & grab a plate of brown?

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Larpenomics

When finance content creators rent out fancy cars and flex cash to seem richer than they really are in order to promote and sell their “get rich quick” courses.

Andrew Tate has mastered the field of larpenomics

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