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The word “tenso” is Portuguese for “tense”. This is a meme that spread through Brazilian blogs and forums, and consists of an image edited to form a sequence that closes up the frame and emphasizes a “tense” face or situation. In form, it is similar to a common vertical 4-Pane, a common exploitable format; although the number of actual frames may vary.

Sometimes the close up reveals something that is not seen in the original image, creating an effect of surprise. In this way, it delivers an effect similar to the when you see it, you’ll shit bricks meme.

Origins
This meme started as a joke in the Brazilian gaming forum “Vale Tudo” (UOL Games). Some of the members of this forum claim that it is inspired by 4chan memes and was adapted to Portuguese language, but it is not clear if a specific meme served as inspiration, or if it was instead the common vertical panel format to which they were refer.

In late 2008 the idea started to spread to other forums and became a fad in brazilian blogs and social medias.
No example for tenso.
by Kratz9 October 8, 2009
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tenso

A portrayal face or situation portraying tension or surprise, usually out-of-place within the main context of the photo/scene. Often used as a punchline for yonkoma-style comic strips. See comixed dot com/category/tenso/
You see the latest yonkoma strip online?
Yeah! TRIPLE TENSO!
by crushallhumans January 24, 2010
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Tenso

A dickhead that just shits on people all day to feel accomplished in life
Dude:Idk i don't spend half the day posting unfunny shit

Other dude: Bruh stop being such a tenso
by Bruh momentum August 6, 2019
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tendouism

A religion in where we all STAN our daddy Tendou Satori 😏
Karla: BAKI BAKI🛐🛐NI 🛐🛐ORE🛐🛐 NANI 🛐🛐WO?🛐🛐KOKORO🛐🛐 WO🛐🛐 DA🛐🛐 YO🛐 KONAGONA🛐🛐 NI 🛐🛐KUDAKE🛐🛐 NANI 🛐🛐WO🛐🛐 BRUKKO 🛐🛐 SEISHIN 🛐🛐 WO 🛐🛐 DA 🛐🛐 YO 🛐🛐
Alanie: What are you saying?
Karla: Its a prayer by Tendouism
by chiakis wife November 2, 2020
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tendo satori

A red haired boi that Wakatoshi Ushijima loves with all of his heart.
Ushijima: wow tendo satori is the love of my life

Tsukishima: wow you really are gay
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Tenoi

A word used by the disciples of Kagura Bachi to finish off a statement. It is usually put at the end of a statement, and does not have anything to do with the content said before it. It has no official meaning.

Various pronunciations of Tenoi have come up, with the most commonly used being 'ten-oy', but 'ten-oh-ee' and 'ten-waa' are also accepted and used.

An unofficial definition of Tenoi was made up by Reddit user u/al_fletcher, consisting of the characters for "heavenly monarch, "天皇", and the characters for a rank or position, "位". This roughly translates to "the Emperor's rank", which could be seen as meaning peak.
"Man, Kagura Bachi was crazy good this week.

Tenoi"
by KaguraBachifan. October 20, 2023
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Shin Megami Tensei NINE

Some Japanese Xbox game.
Gained popularity from the Youtube video "NINE is Terrifying" by Marsh, and the script of the video was turned into a copypasta within the Shin Megami Tensei community.
"Shin Megami Tensei NINE is a psychological horror game about a guy who gets attacked by a giant angry scrotum at a Taylor Swift concert, and then spends several months facing horrific hallucinations from the resulting PTSD."

-Marsh, 2020
by The God of Mediocrity September 2, 2021
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