Term used in oil and gas for describing a well where information is to be kept secret. Only people in the know are to hear or see information. Can also be used in everyday speech as something to keep secret between a group of people.
Term used in the Oil and Gas Industry describing a well where no information is to get out. Info is only shared between the most trusted people. Can be used in everyday speech for a deadly secret that others are not to repeat and you would only tell a spouse or old friend.
Honey, I actually like men and not you. I will stay married with you for the children. (No need to say this is super tight hole information.)
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.