Meaning of power level | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A symbolic and often arbitrary unit of measurement representing strength and fighting ability.
   Japanese, especially, slang
2. An interest or specialized knowledge in a subject seen as uncool, especially related to video games and otaku culture.
   Internet, broadly
3. Extreme political views, especially those on the far right.
   Internet, broadly
4. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see power, level.

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Examples

“Miku's power level skyrockets up to 15,000 during the big battle in episode 31.”

“Nappa: Vegeta, what does the scouter say about his power level? / Vegeta: It's over 9,000!”

“The black and gold paint job is a subtle but still stylish way to hide your power level.”

“The message of the posters originate from a strategy called "Hiding your power level" or publicly disavowing Nazis and painting any opposition to this message as anti-white racism, the news site reported.”

“The idea that minority Republicans would want to support a white nationalist makes little sense until one realizes that Fuentes is fond of using coded language to hide messages intended only for racists, a practice frequently referred to within the alt-right as "hiding your power level."”

“It'd be a signal to other candidates, that you don't have to hide your 'power level,' as extremists like to say.”

“Over the past couple weeks, Kanye West revealed his power level, as the kids say. For starters, there was Ye's White Lives Matter T-shirt, which basically rendered everything else at his last-minute YZY SZN 9 fashion show irrelevant, the anti-Semitic tweets that got Ye booted off Twitter, and Ye's very public embrace of bigots like Candace Owens and Tucker Carlson.”

“This is a heavy-duty fridge that operates on a higher power level than most households can supply.”

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