History Main / YouKeepUsingThatWord

** During the "make your own menu" dinner service, Season 5's Ben insisted on making some potato dish he called "pomme fondant". At service, Gordon pointed out that ''pomme'''s''' fondant'' is a French dish consisting of mashed potatoes cooked in butter, which Ben's dish was not. Later on he invoked this kind of reaction by repeatedly getting a "plain salad" wrong, causing Gordon to turn to Sous Chef Scott to make sure that the term means the same thing in America that it does in England.

* ''Series/RealTimeWithBillMaher'': Maher's editorial of October 2021 was a rant against people from his own side (i.e. leftwingers) continually redefining words such as "hate", "victim", "hero", "shame", "violence", "survivor", "phobic", and "white supremacy" in an attempt to [[IRejectYourReality rewrite reality]].

--> '''Davey''': Them facts are only circumstantial.
--> '''Padraic''': These guns are only circumstantial, so, and so too your brains'll be only circumstantial as they leave your heads and go skidding up the wall.

* ''Franchise/AceAttorney'': At one point, Jacques Portsman claims that there is a "mountain of evidence" pointing away from him. If you press him on this point, however, it turns out his "mountain of evidence" isn't ''really evidence at all''; simply a claim regarding his supposed lack of motive. If an attorney or Edgeworth tried to pull that kind of baloney in court, they would have gotten penalized. Especially bad because Portsman ''should'' know what the word means; he ''is'' a prosecutor, after all. Edgeworth calls him out on this:

---> '''Loreweaver:''' "Steven I think you may have had a ''serious'' misunderstanding about the nature of a secret"

* ''WesternAnimation/BatmanAndHarleyQuinn'': Harley is annoyed at the fact people (such as Batman) call sociopaths as "psychopaths".

-->'''Bill''': It ain't gonna happen. But that would be awesome.

** In ''WebAnimation/TeenGirlSquad'' issue #12, the girls spend the whole episode talking about "Valentimes Day". So-and-So, the most academically adept one, finally snaps and yells that it's [=ValenTINE=]'S Day.

* The premise of the title track on Creator/BillEngvall's ''Now That's Awesome'' album is how the word "awesome" should be restored to its original meaning of leaving someone in awe and wonder. He goes on to cite several examples, such as "winning the lottery twice", women discovering that [[MisterSeahorse men can now experience childbirth]], or meeting Music/ShaniaTwain NakedInMink.

Compare PersonalDictionary, where either character has a different opinion on what a word might mean, and InsistentTerminology, when a character insists on using a particular term and corrects others. Contrast BuffySpeak (the character doesn't know the "right" words, so they just jam similar-enough words together in hopes the other character understands), HaveAGayOldTime (where the meaning of words shift over time), {{Neologism}} (the meaning is unclear because the word is new), and PerfectlyCromulentWord (a word is unfamiliar, but used correctly). For a list of words that tend to cause this reaction, see UsefulNotes/CommonlyMisusedWords.

* ''Theater/TheLieutenantOfInishmore'':
--> Danny: That evidence is only circumstantial!
--> Padraic: These guns are circumstantial too, and so will your brains be when they go skidding up the wall!

Compare PersonalDictionary, where
either character has a different opinion on what a word might mean, and InsistentTerminology, when a character insists on using a particular term and corrects others. Contrast BuffySpeak (the character doesn't know the "right" words, so they just jam similar-enough words together in hopes the other character understands), HaveAGayOldTime (where the meaning of words shift over time), {{Neologism}} (the meaning is unclear because the word is new), and PerfectlyCromulentWord (a word is unfamiliar, but used correctly). For a list of words that tend to cause this reaction, see UsefulNotes/CommonlyMisusedWords.

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* Subverted in ''Series/ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphia'': Mac keeps calling everyone a jabroni.\\

'''Charlie''': You keep using that word...\\
'''Mac''': And?\\
'''Charlie''': It's awesome!

'''Charlie''': You keep using that word...'''\\

** Subverted in ''Series/ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphia'': Mac keeps calling everyone a jabroni.\\

'''Charlie''': It's awesome!\\
** In the first episode of ''Series/TheBoys2019'', Butcher criticizes [[{{Invisibility}} Translucent]]'s superhero name:

* Subverted in ''Series/ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphia'': Mac keeps calling everyone a jabroni.\\
-->'''Charlie''': You keep using that word...'''\\

* In the first episode of ''Series/TheBoys2019'', Butcher criticizes [[{{Invisibility}} Translucent]]'s superhero name:

Subverted in ''Series/ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphia'': Mac keeps calling everyone a jabroni.\\
'''Charlie''': You keep using that word...'''\\

* In the first episode of ''Series/TheBoys2019'', Butcher criticizes [[InvisibleMan Translucent]]'s superhero name: