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Note: This thread was proposed by nw09.

Anything That Moves is supposed to be for characters who have very broad sexual standards; they'll sleep with anyone, male or female, but not to the extent of literally "anything that moves". Unsurprisingly, tropers fail to understand that the title is hyperbole, and misuse it for Extreme Omnisexual. Other times it's used as a synonym for Really Gets Around when the character is heterosexual. According to the wick check of 51 examples, 24 (about half) take the title literally, only 7 are correct, and 20 are other misuse. Propose a rename.

Wick check:

51/51

    Misuse (Extreme Omnisexual) (24) 

     Misuse (just bisexual) (2) 

     Correct use (8) 

    Misuse (seemingly heterosexual) (7) 

    ZCE / Other misuse / Unsure (11) 

Oddly enough, she doesn't actually wear makeup offstage except for media appearances, but she spends enough time on hair care to make up for it.

Edited by GastonRabbit on Mar 14th 2023 at 9:31:36 AM

Berrenta How sweet it is from Texas Since: Apr, 2015 Relationship Status: Can't buy me love
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#51: Oct 8th 2023 at 6:03:52 PM

Down to 165! We're getting close!

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#52: Oct 22nd 2023 at 1:38:23 PM

Now in the double digits.

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#53: Oct 22nd 2023 at 5:31:00 PM

I'm still sorting out the on-page examples, but honestly? I think we can just close after the wick cleaning is done.

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Berrenta How sweet it is from Texas Since: Apr, 2015 Relationship Status: Can't buy me love
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#54: Oct 24th 2023 at 5:14:52 AM

Nice! I'll try to finish it up. [tup]

Edit: That means the sandbox can be cut, right?

Edited by Berrenta on Oct 24th 2023 at 7:24:57 AM

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Berrenta How sweet it is from Texas Since: Apr, 2015 Relationship Status: Can't buy me love
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#56: Oct 25th 2023 at 2:24:52 PM

We're done! Closing.

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11th Mar '23 6:19:16 AM

Crown Description:

The previous crowner has decided to merge Extreme Omnisexual and Anything That Moves. What should the new name be? As stated on the aforementioned crowner, both EO and ATM will be crowner options in this Alt titles crowner.

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