there is no war in Ba Sing Se

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#1·1d ago

(Internet slang, occasionally, sarcastic) Nothing is going on; everything is under control; it is business as usual (suggesting that important information is being covered up).

When something is wrong, and people seem to be ignoring it, we'll often say, "there is no war in Ba Sing Se."

Origin: From the episode "City of Walls and Secrets" of the American animated television series Avatar: The Last Airbender, aired on September 22, 2006, in which the corrupt officials of the city Ba Sing Se try to keep order by hypnotizing citizens to believe that "there's no war in Ba Sing Se", even as the city is being besieged. Origin information sourced from Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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