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Law of Conservation of Ninjutsu

Law of Conservation of Ninjutsu proper noun: the ability of one or few people to win fights against many opponents.

Proper noun

the Law of Conservation of Ninjutsu

  1. (humorous, informal) The ability of one or few people to win fights against many opponents.
    • > The more creativity and ingenuity you give your aliens, the less is
      > available for your humans, generally the protagonists, which means
      > things will end poorly for Our Heroes. [...]
      Sort of like a SCIENCE application of the Law of Conservation of Ninjutsu?2007 December 3, sw <sw@eyrie.org>, “Re: Why so few creative aliens?”, in rec.arts.sf.written (Usenet), message-ID <slrnfl8dbu.6gg.sw@haven.eyrie.org>
    • In other words, if I can tweak the minion->normal->elite->solo system into a^([sic]) in-game representation of the Law of Conservation of Ninjutsu, there will be much win.2008 May 19, Nockermensch <ralgomes@gmail.com>, “Re: Ampersand: The Scoop on D&D Insider”, in rec.games.frp.dnd (Usenet), message-ID <11398510-50ce-4342-a223-ca68b86c8b89@25g2000hsx.googlegroups.com>

Origin of Law of Conservation of Ninjutsu

law (“rule”) + of + conservation (“preservation”) + of + ninjutsu (“a martial art used by ninjas”) The law implies that each team of ninjas has the same finite amount of "power" of martial arts, therefore a team with fewer ninjas has more powerful ninjas.

Questions about Law of Conservation of Ninjutsu

What does Law of Conservation of Ninjutsu mean?
Law of Conservation of Ninjutsu means the ability of one or few people to win fights against many opponents.
What part of speech is Law of Conservation of Ninjutsu?
Law of Conservation of Ninjutsu is a proper noun.

Words near Law of Conservation of Ninjutsu in the dictionary

  1. law lords
  2. law merchant
  3. law of attraction
  4. law of averages
  5. law of conservation of mass
  6. Law of Conservation of Ninjutsu
  7. law of contradiction
  8. law of correspondence
  9. law of cosines
  10. law of demand
  11. Law of Demeter

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