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* NotHowImDyingDeclaration: Invoked by Syrio, who teaches Arya to respond to death by saying "Not Today".

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* OrphanedEtymology: The consistent use of the term "pillow-biter" to refer to gay men (usually contemptuously). This is a real term in modern British slang meaning just what it's used to mean, but it dates from the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thorpe_affair 1979 sodomy trial]] of former [[UsefulNotes/BritishPoliticalSystem Liberal Party]] leader [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeremy_Thorpe Jeremy Thorpe]] (specifically deriving from his accuser Norman Scott's testimony that he "bit the pillow" when Thorpe penetrated him). Needless to say, neither Jeremy Thorpe nor his trial existed or occurred in Westeros.

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The consistent use of the term "pillow-biter" to refer to gay men (usually contemptuously). This is a real term in modern British slang meaning just what it's used to mean, but it dates from the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thorpe_affair 1979 sodomy trial]] of former [[UsefulNotes/BritishPoliticalSystem Liberal Party]] leader [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeremy_Thorpe Jeremy Thorpe]] (specifically deriving from his accuser Norman Scott's testimony that he "bit the pillow" when Thorpe penetrated him). Needless to say, neither Jeremy Thorpe nor his trial existed or occurred in Westeros.
** Although earlier seasons have characters correctly say "loose" when commanding archers to shoot, later seasons slip in having the command be to "fire". This stems from firearms, which obviously do not exist in a medieval setting like
Westeros.

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