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* '''Exaggerated''': Every object that exists in reality is called by a different made up name. Clocks are called "ring-toks", for example.
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* '''Exaggerated''': '''Exaggerated''':
** Every object that exists in reality is called by a different made up name. Clocks are called "ring-toks", forexample.example.
** A rabbit is called a [[OverlyLongName substered perhympiedexcitypolinkhausive galition]].
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** A rabbit is called a [[OverlyLongName substered perhympiedexcitypolinkhausive galition]].
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* '''Parodied''': Everyone keeps calling the rabbit "[[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial Not a Rabbit]]".
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* '''Parodied''': '''Parodied''':
** Everyone keeps calling the rabbit "[[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial Not aRabbit]]".Rabbit]]".
** The word for rabbit is so long or ridiculous sounding that HilarityEnsues whenever the characters talk about one.
** Everyone keeps calling the rabbit "[[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial Not a
** The word for rabbit is so long or ridiculous sounding that HilarityEnsues whenever the characters talk about one.
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* '''Enforced''': "So, this place is almost exactly like Earth, with a few differences. Why don't we stick some regular Earth objects and animals on there but give them different names?"
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* '''Enforced''': "So, this place is "We want the setting to be almost exactly like Earth, with a few differences. Why don't we So stick some regular Earth objects and animals on there there, but give them different names?"names."
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* '''Exploited''': Characters use an item's NonIndicativeName to make it sound more/less dangerous than it really is.
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* '''Exploited''': Characters use Bob uses an item's NonIndicativeName to make it sound more/less more dangerous than it really is.is so he can intimidate an enemy.
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** Bobby, [[FirstPersonPerspective the one-year-old P.O.V. Character]], doesn't know the word for ducks (yet), so he calls them "quackquacks".
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** [[SpySpeak The gathering rolls no moss while the smeerp is loafened into the opening.]]
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** [[SpySpeak The gathering rolls no moss while the smeerp is loafened into the opening.]]]][[labelnote:translation]]No unencrypted messages about the rabbit on a monitored-by-the-enemy channel.[[/labelnote]]
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** [[SpySpeak The gathering rolls no moss while the smeerp is loafened into the opening.]]
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** [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cottontail_rabbit Sylvilagus]] Smeerpus is a species of rabbit discovered by Dr. Smeerp.
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* '''Justified''': The work takes place in a world with alternate naming conventions for items.
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'''Basic Trope''': An ordinary item/creature is called by a fictional name.
* '''Straight''': A rabbit is called a smeerp.
* '''Exaggerated''': Every object that exists in reality is called by a different made up name. Clocks are called "ring-toks", for example.
* '''Downplayed''': The rabbit has a few differences from ordinary rabbits (for instance, it has long fangs), but wouldn't "fanged rabbit" be a more appropriate name for it than "smeerp"?
* '''Justified''': The work takes place in a world with alternate naming conventions for items.
* '''Inverted''': CallASmeerpARabbit
* '''Subverted''': The "smeerp" is revealed to have good reason for being considered different from rabbits.
* '''Double Subverted''': This "reason" is something such as having more than one fur color, having lop ears, or any other trait that regular rabbits could just as well have.
* '''Parodied''': Everyone keeps calling the rabbit "[[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial Not a Rabbit]]".
* '''Zig-Zagged''': Sometimes they call the creature a rabbit, and sometimes they call it a smeerp.
* '''Averted''': Everyone just calls it a rabbit.
* '''Enforced''': "So, this place is almost exactly like Earth, with a few differences. Why don't we stick some regular Earth objects and animals on there but give them different names?"
* '''Lampshaded''': "Isn't that just a rabbit?"
* '''Invoked''': Bob tells a taxonomer to start calling rabbits "smeerps".
* '''Exploited''': Characters use an item's NonIndicativeName to make it sound more/less dangerous than it really is.
* '''Defied''': "What the hell is a smeerp? That's a rabbit, and we're calling it a rabbit."
* '''Discussed''': "I've heard they have creatures on Earth exactly like smeerps, but they call them a different name."
* '''Conversed''': "I can understand calling a cat a meow, but a rabbit a smeerp? Is that even the sound rabbits make?!"
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* '''Straight''': A rabbit is called a smeerp.
* '''Exaggerated''': Every object that exists in reality is called by a different made up name. Clocks are called "ring-toks", for example.
* '''Downplayed''': The rabbit has a few differences from ordinary rabbits (for instance, it has long fangs), but wouldn't "fanged rabbit" be a more appropriate name for it than "smeerp"?
* '''Justified''': The work takes place in a world with alternate naming conventions for items.
* '''Inverted''': CallASmeerpARabbit
* '''Subverted''': The "smeerp" is revealed to have good reason for being considered different from rabbits.
* '''Double Subverted''': This "reason" is something such as having more than one fur color, having lop ears, or any other trait that regular rabbits could just as well have.
* '''Parodied''': Everyone keeps calling the rabbit "[[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial Not a Rabbit]]".
* '''Zig-Zagged''': Sometimes they call the creature a rabbit, and sometimes they call it a smeerp.
* '''Averted''': Everyone just calls it a rabbit.
* '''Enforced''': "So, this place is almost exactly like Earth, with a few differences. Why don't we stick some regular Earth objects and animals on there but give them different names?"
* '''Lampshaded''': "Isn't that just a rabbit?"
* '''Invoked''': Bob tells a taxonomer to start calling rabbits "smeerps".
* '''Exploited''': Characters use an item's NonIndicativeName to make it sound more/less dangerous than it really is.
* '''Defied''': "What the hell is a smeerp? That's a rabbit, and we're calling it a rabbit."
* '''Discussed''': "I've heard they have creatures on Earth exactly like smeerps, but they call them a different name."
* '''Conversed''': "I can understand calling a cat a meow, but a rabbit a smeerp? Is that even the sound rabbits make?!"
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