" lost (to) "

 [ "Lost on LOST" ]

1: The person who has seen every single episode of the hit TV show LOST sometimes can't even describe what is happening on the show to a person who never watches it. This is usually because they do not understand everything that has happened, even though they are experts.

  * e.g.,  ... A: "So let me get this right...You've seen all 4 seasons and you can tell me what happening." 

 [ "lost it" ]

1: A term used when you start laughing like crazy at some part of a video/game/etc.

  * e.g.,  ... *watches a video* 

 [ "Lost" ]

1: The name of a popular television program on the ABC channel in early 200 Follows a group of people who survived a plane crash while flying on an Oceanic Airlines flight from Sydney, Australia to Los Angeles. They try to survive on the island and encounter lots of odd things, including an invisible monster that may be able to communicate with the survivors, polar bears, a crazy woman who was part of a resarch team that was slaughtered on the island, a mysterious "black rock", strange voices, and more. The survivors also have to deal with problems faced within their camp, including the well-being of a woman who is pregnant, the hidden motives of a man named John Locke, and the communication barrer that exists between the survivors and a Korean couple who can't speak English. The show currently airs Wednesday at 9:00 EST on the ABC network.

  * e.g.,  ... John Locke: "You see this little hole? This moth's just about to emerge. It's in there right now, sturggling. It's digging it's way through the thick hide of the cocoon. Now, I could help it - take my knife, gently widen the opening, and the moth would be free - but it would be too weak to survive. Struggle is nature's way of strengthening it." 

 [ "Lost" ]

1: The greatest show on ABC!

  * e.g.,  ... Did you watch Lost last Wednesday? 

 [ "Lost" ]

1: 1: The TV show.

  * e.g.,  ... 1: Lets go watch Lost! 

 [ "Lost" ]

2: 2: The cast of "Lost".

  * e.g.,  ... 2: "Where are we? Are we lost? Why are these people attacking us? Why did our plane crash? Hey! that guy was dead! What?! Why? Where? How? WHEN?" 

 [ "Lost" ]

3: 3: Your state of mind after watching "Lost"

  * e.g.,  ... 3: "What just happened? 

 [ "Lost" ]

4: 4: Not knowing where you are.

  * e.g.,  ... 4: "I took a right turn and then a left turn at the dirt road." "No, you took 2 left turns, and that was a brick road." "Great! Now we're lost." 

 [ "LOST" ]

1: To be so completely engrossed with the TV Show LOST that you're now unable to differentiate between reality and the show.

  * e.g.,  ... "Dude, can you hear that?" 

 [ "Lost" ]

1: My reason for watching television!

  * e.g.,  ... The only reason I watch t.v. is because of Lost. 

 [ "Losting" ]

1: The act of writing a long and interesting story with many mysteries, which, due to the story's complexity, attracts many fans, but then continues to stall, prolong, postpone, or flat-out ignores the answers to the story's questions, thus essentially jerking around the loyal fans.

  * e.g.,  ... A quick way to spot if a story is losting is to look for a situation in which an answer to a story's various questions can simply and easily be answered, only for the story to not do so. Here are a few examples: 

 [ "Losting" ]

2: This word comes from the TV show "Lost" on ABC, but can describe any story which follows the definition, such as the the videogame "Half-Life 2", or the manga, "Bleach".

  * e.g.,  ... 1) Lost: 

 [ "Losting" ]

3: There are two main reasons why a story is "losting". The first is that the writers are not creative enough to come up with an answer to the questions posed that can meet the fans expectations, and thus try to pretend that the questions never existed. The second is that, due to marketing pressures, the writers are forced to continue a story longer than they have ever anticipated, and thus are forbidden from giving away any answers indefinitely. The second method may be referred to as "Milking the Cash-Cow".

  * e.g.,  ... After spending an entire season building up the suspense and mystery of the Island's native inhabitants, known as the "Others", one of the survivors of the plane-crash comes face-to-face with an "Other". The survivor asks "Who are you people?", to which the "Other" replies, "It doesn't matter who we are", thus effectively telling all the loyal fans who cared about this storyline to go screw themselves. 

 [ "Lost" ]

1: The fucking greatest show on television. If you don't watch it then you're a stupid priss.

  * e.g.,  ... Person 1: Did you see LOST last wednesday night on ABC? 

 [ "LOST" ]

1: The freaking kickinest show on TV ever made. With an awesome cast. Basically, everyone and their dog (and/or cat) need to watch it.

  * e.g.,  ...  Girl 1: Did you catch that episode of LOST last night?