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| rdfs:label | - Black Belt in Origami
- Black belt in origami
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| rdfs:comment | - Black belt in origami is a joke refering to one's skill in origami, generally saying that one is an adept folder. If the term is applied to origami from a martial arts perspective, a black belt in origami would be skillful in basic folding techniques and models. This is not the general population's opionion, as a black belt in origami is seen as an origami master. This belief is from the faulty idea that a martial arts black belt is a master's rank.
- A character is being threatened with violence, and tries to tough-talk his way out. Only, he can't legitimately claim to know karate or anything remotely scary, so he threatens the opponent with some random foreign-sounding words as a bluff, hoping the enemy will be too dumb to understand. The most common variant involves origami, but just about any foreign word will do. Not to be confused with Paper Master. Compare/Contrast My Hovercraft Is Full of Eels, As Long as It Sounds Foreign, I Know Kung Faux. If the character actually does have a black belt in origami, it's Martial Arts and Crafts.
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| abstract | - A character is being threatened with violence, and tries to tough-talk his way out. Only, he can't legitimately claim to know karate or anything remotely scary, so he threatens the opponent with some random foreign-sounding words as a bluff, hoping the enemy will be too dumb to understand. The most common variant involves origami, but just about any foreign word will do. In fiction, this actually tends to work at least half the time, with the opponent backing away nervously, or at least hesitating long enough for the Big Damn Heroes to arrive. This can easily be subverted, however, if the opponent actually turns out to know what origami/Hitachi/Pachirisu actually is. Not to be confused with Paper Master. Compare/Contrast My Hovercraft Is Full of Eels, As Long as It Sounds Foreign, I Know Kung Faux. If the character actually does have a black belt in origami, it's Martial Arts and Crafts. Examples of Black Belt in Origami include:
- Black belt in origami is a joke refering to one's skill in origami, generally saying that one is an adept folder. If the term is applied to origami from a martial arts perspective, a black belt in origami would be skillful in basic folding techniques and models. This is not the general population's opionion, as a black belt in origami is seen as an origami master. This belief is from the faulty idea that a martial arts black belt is a master's rank.
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