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Elite ball knowledge 

an idea/thing that's known only among a niche community who can immediately recognize it yet leave people who don't know confused
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Elite ball knowledge 

You know something that is lost to time, but you still remember it for some reason, that other may not remember or doesn't know at all.
Guy 1: Yo what about that snail?

Guy 2: You need elite ball knowledge to know it.

Elite ball knowledge

Usually when something is old but gold, only a handful of people would remember and get the reference.

Sometimes, people claim that EVERYTHING is 'elite ball knowledge' but it's really known by almost anyone on the Internet
Person 1: Do you remember the Bite of 87?

Person 2: Yoo that's Elite ball knowledge

Person 1: really nigga?

Divine ball knowledge

Elite ball knowledge means that a fandom, game, show, series or a reference was forgotten or dead but someone remembers it. Divine ball knowledge is basically the same but its about something more forgotten
Person X: These waffles taste like garbage. Who made these?

Person Y: Firestar dosent like waffles i guess...

Person Z: Was that a warrior cats reference? Thats DIVINE ball knowledge my guy.

(Yes im very uncreative)

Surface Level Knowledge

An idea/thing that is usually known by most of the people in the internet or real life.
Can be used as the opposite to ball knowledge.
Person 1: Do you what happened in September 11 2001
Person 2: Its literally a Surface level knowledge

Spaces of Power of Knowledge

The specific locations—institutional, geographical, social—where knowledge is validated, certified, and authorized to count as "real." The university lecture hall. The peer-reviewed journal. The TEDx stage. The expert witness stand. These spaces aren't neutral containers; they're active filters that shape what can be said, who can say it, and how it must be formatted to be heard. Knowledge that originates outside these spaces must translate itself, often awkwardly, to gain admission. The Spaces of Power determine not just what we know, but what we're allowed to call knowing.
Spaces of Power of Knowledge "She's been studying local water patterns for forty years, but without a PhD, her knowledge doesn't count in the Spaces of Power. So the town council listens to the consultant who flew in yesterday instead."