Verb. To put a spin on an old cliche to make it seem more original to your audience. Usually the spin is ridiculous and idiosyncratic, but sometimes it can totally redeem a passage.
The term comes from the old cliche of a spy cutting through the rope (s)he is caught up in with a knife that (s)he finds in her pockets that the guards did not pat down correctly. A writer might put a spin on the old cliche by having the spy vomit up the knife, thus making it at least somewhat original.
The term comes from the old cliche of a spy cutting through the rope (s)he is caught up in with a knife that (s)he finds in her pockets that the guards did not pat down correctly. A writer might put a spin on the old cliche by having the spy vomit up the knife, thus making it at least somewhat original.
Writer: Did Josh finally fix the story?
Writer 2: Yeah, his explanation for why the character killed all of the bounty hunters went from "because they killed his family" to "because they were incredibly intelligent game show hosts on Mars.
Writer: Damn, he really knows how to swallow the knife.
Writer 2: Tell me about it.
Writer 2: Yeah, his explanation for why the character killed all of the bounty hunters went from "because they killed his family" to "because they were incredibly intelligent game show hosts on Mars.
Writer: Damn, he really knows how to swallow the knife.
Writer 2: Tell me about it.
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In Call of Duty where you go to shoot someone and in your excitement press too hard on the control stick and melee helplessly whilst your opponent guns you down.
In Call of Duty where you go to shoot someone and in your excitement press too hard on the control stick and melee helplessly whilst your opponent guns you down.
"I would have totally just owned you if I didn't panic knife!"
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"You were one away from a killsteak man what happened??"
"I panic knifed..."
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"You were one away from a killsteak man what happened??"
"I panic knifed..."
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you take 2 butter knives stick them in the burner on the oven till they get red hot then you place a piece of weed in between the knives and squish it together and suck up the smoke threw a paper towel roll
you take 2 butter knives stick them in the burner on the oven till they get red hot then you place a piece of weed in between the knives and squish it together and suck up the smoke threw a paper towel roll
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