Pat: "hey guys let's all meet here tomorrow at 6am for our trip.Don't forget your stuff."
Next day...
Guys: "Pat wake up! It's already 6am! we're all here and all set up in the van! We got all our stuff ready. Let's go!"
Pat: "What's this? Am I in some kinda truman show?! You guys are always late and missing all the stuff we need!"
Next day...
Guys: "Pat wake up! It's already 6am! we're all here and all set up in the van! We got all our stuff ready. Let's go!"
Pat: "What's this? Am I in some kinda truman show?! You guys are always late and missing all the stuff we need!"
by Zabster February 08, 2008
YOU may not have heard about the Truman show. so basically there's this TV studio and they ARE creating this entire fictional world for this one guy named Truman. Truman has no idea he's IN A TV SHOW and his entire world is a high-tech dome in Hollywood. Eventually, actors slipping up, and some technology malfunctioning convince him to TRY TO ESCAPE. It turns out that HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE ARE ROOTING FOR him, but few were ever able to get into the dome. If YOU hadn't known what the movie was before, now you have.
by udontknowmeidontknowu March 08, 2021
(V). The act of being elected to high political office and then using your connections and money as leverage to orchestrate a large scale reality TV show with hundreds of millions of your constituents.
"Did you hear? Another administration official was just fired! The President even tweeted about it." "Oh, really? Wow. It's so crazy it always feel like someone is Truman showing us."
by 5am Diego September 29, 2017
When trying to get to your destination by car and every alternate route you try is jam-packed with bumper-to-bumper traffic, especially during rush-hour.
Boss: Why were you late this morning, Johnson?
Johnson: Truman Show Traffic, sir. I tried six different ways to get here, and each time I ran into heavy congestion.
Johnson: Truman Show Traffic, sir. I tried six different ways to get here, and each time I ran into heavy congestion.
by bbbbbbbostonian September 15, 2010
An event or series of events where you get feeling that people are watching you or even trying to alter your thoughts or actions in accordance to their script. The term comes from the 1998 movie, The Truman Show. Especially true when brought on by an occurrence similar to one in the movie itself.
If this happens too often see paranoia or narcissism.
If this happens too often see paranoia or narcissism.
SeaBass: Dude, I just had a Truman Show moment!
SquirrelMaster: How's that?
SeaBass: I was driving in my car, and on the radio they started talking about our small town, and they never do that!
SquirrelMaster: Maybe you should get that checked out.
SeaBass: My radio?
SquirrelMaster: No, your head...
SquirrelMaster: How's that?
SeaBass: I was driving in my car, and on the radio they started talking about our small town, and they never do that!
SquirrelMaster: Maybe you should get that checked out.
SeaBass: My radio?
SquirrelMaster: No, your head...
by Bvas November 23, 2007
To spend time doing something with the intent that it will contribute to a specific goal or project only to realize after completion that this had no positive productive value and was a complete waste of time.
"Man, I need to write a paper about suburbia in popular culture, but I decided to watch a movie that didn't actually have anything to do with that. I hate when I pull a Truman Show, brah."
by Robin B. April 25, 2008
At 51 minutes and 48 seconds (51:48) in 1998's "The Truman Show" starring Jim Carrey as the titular "Truman". Truman is almost at the climax of discovering that he lives within a television show of his entire life since birth. During a breakdown, Truman forcibly drives himself and his wife to the outskirts of their TV set town, only to encounter what appears to be a nuclear power plant meltdown. Within the scene, we see plant workers and hazmat operators adorning hazmat suits, resembling the Crewmates from the popular 2018 video game Among Us.
Person 1: "Bro, do not look up what happens at 51:48 in The Truman Show."
Person 2: "Why bro, what happens?"
Person 2: *Watches 51 minutes and 48 seconds of runtime of "The Truman Show"*
Person 2: "Amogus."
Person 2: "Why bro, what happens?"
Person 2: *Watches 51 minutes and 48 seconds of runtime of "The Truman Show"*
Person 2: "Amogus."
by Super_Void33 May 31, 2021