Basic Trope: A title that doesn't use real words.
- Straight: There is a work called Ghaefreas
- Exaggerated:
- There is a work called Gõecpäiüweöeaweve
- There is a work called Ijnwbyxmokdwyuwd
- There is a work called k3%X+mRsk`_Jz[qc
- The title uses symbols and images instead of any kind of text.
- The title is written in something completely distant from any conceivable language.
- Downplayed: Word Salad Title
- Justified:
- The title is an arc word in a Constructed Language.
- The title is a snippet of the garbaged message that drives the story.note
- The original file was written in DOS EDIT.COM, only so many real words are possible with 8.3 file-naming.
- Inverted: Exactly What It Says on the Tin title.
- Subverted: The name Ghaefreas turns out to mean something in a rare dialect of Inuit.
- Double Subverted: ...but it turns out it was considered a Word Purée Title when it was originally invented, too.
- Parodied: There is a work called California. (pronounced Ksfwytymbolmbolnagalooloo!)
- Zig Zagged: The title is intricately encrypted.
- Averted: The work's title uses real words.
- Enforced:
- "Geez, I don't want to use cliche phrases and boring old words. I know! I'll use a title that is neither!"
- A rather unorthodox title is used so it's easier to look for the work in search engines.
- Lampshaded: "Where did that name "Ghaefreas" come from?"
- Invoked: The medium-aware main character starts ending her sentences with random nonsense words in an attempt to make the title one of them.
- Exploited: ???
- Defied: ???
- Discussed: "Oh boy, the credits are Star Warsing through the sky again. I just hope the title of my life isn't something absolutely idiotic like 'Ghaefreas'- oh goddammit. Just my luck."
- Conversed: "Don't you hate it when show titles are just key smashes? Like, how are you even supposed to pronounce that?!"
- Deconstructed: Nobody can agree on how to pronounce the name. Flame wars ensue.
- Reconstructed: To avoid the Deconstruction, the author tells the audience how to pronounce it.
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