waif-fu

A form of movie martial arts where a tiny, pretty girl gives a beating to opponents much bigger than her who in real life would tear her apart.

A subtrope of Pintsized Powerhouse. Often used by the Action Girl, Faux Action Girl, Hot Amazon, Little Miss Badass, and Lady of War. Very common among characters of the Mary Sue variety. Compare to the Cute Bruiser who uses a completely different style of combat. - tvtropes.org

see Babydoll in Suckerpunch, River in Firefly, Chun Li in Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li

"Did you see how that ballerina took out that gang member?"

"Yeah, she used some beautifully choreographed waif-fu."

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mexican merge

When a car entering traffic expects all the traffic to accommodate them by either slowing down or moving lanes, instead of them gaining speed to match the traffic.

I was going down the highway in the right lane and this idiot coming down the on ramp was doing a mexican merge at 40 mph, and I had to slam on my brakes to let him over or we would've hit.

Isabeau

Beautiful, strong, intelligent title character from Ladyhawke. Cursed to be cruelly parted from her lover as she is a hawk by day and a woman by night and he is a wolf by night and a man by day.

a: Isabeau refused the bishop and was punished.

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