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* In ''Literature/ATreeGrowsInBrooklyn'', Sissy calls all her husbands and lovers "John" for her convenience, and her family often refers to them as "Sissy's John" or "The John". No, she's not ''[[TheOldestProfession that]]'' [[TheOldestProfession kind of woman]], as she'd be the first to insist. (However, for a book written in 1943, the meaning of "love-making" in ''A Tree Grows in Brooklyn'' is much like the contemporary euphemism: it's described as sometimes involving a couch and likely to result in a child.
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* In ''Literature/ATreeGrowsInBrooklyn'', Sissy calls all her husbands and lovers "John" for her convenience, and her family often refers to them as "Sissy's John" or "The John". No, she's not ''[[TheOldestProfession that]]'' [[TheOldestProfession kind of woman]], as she'd be the first to insist. (However, for a book written in 1943, the meaning of "love-making" in ''A Tree Grows in Brooklyn'' is much like the contemporary euphemism: it's described as sometimes involving a couch and likely to result in a child.)
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* In Creator/ChristopherMoore's ''Literature/CoyoteBlue'', [[SexDrugsAndRockAndRoll one]] [[EverybodyhasLotsofSex character]] is named "Yiffer". While a "yiffer" can be defined as [[GagPenis a stout pole used in scaffolding]], anyone the least bit familiar with the UsefulNotes/FurryFandom is likely to see a ''completely'' different meaning.
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* In Creator/ChristopherMoore's ''Literature/CoyoteBlue'', [[SexDrugsAndRockAndRoll one]] [[EverybodyhasLotsofSex character]] is named "Yiffer". While a "yiffer" can be defined as [[GagPenis a stout pole used in scaffolding]], anyone the least bit familiar with the UsefulNotes/FurryFandom is likely to see a ''completely'' [[{{Yiff}} different meaning.meaning]].
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* ''Literature/AdventuresOfHuckleberryFinn'' is fond of using the phrase "get up and hump yourself", these days, we would say "hustle". Considering how it's common UsefulNotes/SchoolStudyMedia, [[HehHehYouSaidX the classroom snickering is inevitable]].
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* ''Literature/AdventuresOfHuckleberryFinn'' is fond of using the phrase "get up and hump yourself", these days, we would say "hustle". Considering how it's common UsefulNotes/SchoolStudyMedia, MediaNotes/SchoolStudyMedia, [[HehHehYouSaidX the classroom snickering is inevitable]].
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* The word Bondage in ''Literature/OfHumanBondage'' refers to "state of being a slave", refering to the protagonist, Philip Carrey, being a metaphorical slave to external forces in his life. However, since the word Bondage came to be known as the act of restraining someone for sexual reasons (i.e. the B of BDSM), it occasionally causes a few people in modern times to mistake the novel for erotic literature. Ironically, it's quite tame in that regard (the few and far between sex scenes it has receive the SexyDiscretionShot treatment).
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* The word Bondage in ''Literature/OfHumanBondage'' refers to "state "the state of being a slave", refering to the protagonist, Philip Carrey, being a metaphorical slave to external forces in his life. However, since the word Bondage came to be known as the act of restraining someone for sexual reasons (i.e. the B of BDSM), it occasionally causes a few people in modern times to mistake the novel for erotic literature. Ironically, it's quite tame in that regard (the few and far between sex scenes it has receive the SexyDiscretionShot treatment).
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* The word Bondage in ''Literature/OfHumanBondage'' refers to "state of being a slave", refering to the protagonist, Philip Carrey, being a metaphorical slave to external forces in his life. However, since the word Bondage came to be known as the act of restraining someone for sexual reasons (i.e. the B of BDSM), it occasionally causes a few people in modern times to mistake the novel for erotic literature. Ironically, it's quite tame in that regard (the few and far between sex scenes it has receive the SexyDiscretionShot treatment).
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** Music/NickCave named an album "Music/KickingAgainstThePricks" in honour of the verse, and it got banned from a lot of stores for the name alone. If they'd listened to it, they'd see it was a fairly innocuous collection of country and gospel covers.
** The use of that word to represent the naughty bits was around back then (Shakespeare used it in such a manner, in fact). The translators of the KJV were more frumpy fuddy-duddies than ol' Bill, one would expect.
** The use of that word to represent the naughty bits was around back then (Shakespeare used it in such a manner, in fact). The translators of the KJV were more frumpy fuddy-duddies than ol' Bill, one would expect.
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"Mocha Dick" was never mentioned in the Moby Dick, but is just a possible explanation for the name, so the juxtaposition Mocha/Starbuck is entirely meta and not an example.
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** "Moby" means "large, immense, or impressive," making the title even funnier.
*** That meaning of "Moby" ''derives'' from the novel. It was basically a meaningless noise at the time Melville used it (some scholars have suggested it may derive from "mocha", as apparently there was a previously existing legend about a large white whale called "Mocha Dick" for its habit of appearing near the island of Mocha and "Dick" being a common name as in the phrase "Tom, Dick, and Harry").
*** That meaning of "Moby" ''derives'' from the novel. It was basically a meaningless noise at the time Melville used it (some scholars have suggested it may derive from "mocha", as apparently there was a previously existing legend about a large white whale called "Mocha Dick" for its habit of appearing near the island of Mocha and "Dick" being a common name as in the phrase "Tom, Dick, and Harry").
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** "Moby" means "large, immense, or impressive," making the title even funnier.
*** Thatfunnier to modern readers, but that meaning of "Moby" actually ''derives'' from the novel. It was basically a meaningless noise at the time Melville used it (some scholars have suggested it may derive from "mocha", as apparently there was a previously existing legend about a large white whale called "Mocha Dick" for its habit of appearing near the island of Mocha and "Dick" being a common name as in the phrase "Tom, Dick, and Harry").Harry").
** The name of Captain Ahab's first mate, "Starbuck", conjures up an enormously popular American coffeehouse chain, which may seem hilarious to modern reader. The coffee chain was actually named for the character.
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** The name of Captain Ahab's first mate, "Starbuck", conjures up an enormously popular American coffeehouse chain, which may seem hilarious to modern reader. The coffee chain was actually named for the character.
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** The "Mocha Dick" reference above probably had little to nothing to do with the coffee beverage. But since the name of Captain Ahab's first mate - "Starbuck" - also happens to conjure up an enormously popular American coffeehouse chain, this [[StealthPun play on words]] is all the more hilarious to modern audiences when they hear about it.
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"Abstinence" is a US/UK difference rather than change over time, which is Separated By A Common Language and not this trope; "bitch" meant at the time what it means now, and Marge is deliberately using both the "literal dog" and the insulting meanings.
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* ''Literature/HarryPotter'':
** "Ejaculate" for "exclaim" appears twice in the books, which has led to a lot of misunderstandings and jokes over the years.
** The Fat Lady's use of "Abstinence" as a password for Gryffindor Tower in ''Literature/HarryPotterAndTheHalfBloodPrince''. The meaning is the same, but the Fat Lady uses its obsolete definition as a reference to giving up alcohol (having just drunk her way through some very old mead), as opposed to the common usage of abstaining from sex. Abstaining from alcohol is common usage in parts of England.
** In the third book, dog breeder Marge Dursley - while insulting Harry and his parents - says "You see it all the time with dogs. If there's something wrong with the bitch, there'll be something wrong with the pup--" before being interrupted in mid-word.
** "Ejaculate" for "exclaim" appears twice in the books, which has led to a lot of misunderstandings and jokes over the years.
** The Fat Lady's use of "Abstinence" as a password for Gryffindor Tower in ''Literature/HarryPotterAndTheHalfBloodPrince''. The meaning is the same, but the Fat Lady uses its obsolete definition as a reference to giving up alcohol (having just drunk her way through some very old mead), as opposed to the common usage of abstaining from sex. Abstaining from alcohol is common usage in parts of England.
** In the third book, dog breeder Marge Dursley - while insulting Harry and his parents - says "You see it all the time with dogs. If there's something wrong with the bitch, there'll be something wrong with the pup--" before being interrupted in mid-word.
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* ''Literature/HarryPotter'':
**''Literature/HarryPotter'': "Ejaculate" for "exclaim" appears twice in the books, which has led to a lot of misunderstandings and jokes over even though they were written long after the years.
** The Fat Lady's use of "Abstinence" as a password for Gryffindor Tower in ''Literature/HarryPotterAndTheHalfBloodPrince''. Theword's primary meaning is the same, but the Fat Lady uses its obsolete definition as a reference had shifted to giving up alcohol (having just drunk her way through some very old mead), as opposed to the common usage of abstaining from sex. Abstaining from alcohol is common usage in parts of England.
** In the third book, dog breeder Marge Dursley - while insulting Harry and his parents - says "You seewhat it all the time with dogs. If there's something wrong with the bitch, there'll be something wrong with the pup--" before being interrupted in mid-word.means today.
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** The Fat Lady's use of "Abstinence" as a password for Gryffindor Tower in ''Literature/HarryPotterAndTheHalfBloodPrince''. The
** In the third book, dog breeder Marge Dursley - while insulting Harry and his parents - says "You see
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* ''[[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Bart Simpson's Guide to Life]]'' has a chapter about animals, with one description reading "A titmouse is not a mouse, nor is it a tit. It is a bird." Since the book had earlier made no fewer than two jokes about [[BoobBasedGag giant brassieres]] and no fewer than three jokes about [[HehHehYouSaidX the planet Uranus]], it wouldn't be surprising if this innuendo was intentional. Still, it's still a bit shocking to see in a book that is aimed at preteen readers and whose humor is relatively innocent.
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* ''[[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Bart Simpson's Guide to Life]]'' ''Literature/BartSimpsonsGuideToLife'' has a chapter about animals, with one description reading "A titmouse is not a mouse, nor is it a tit. It is a bird." Since the book had earlier made no fewer than two jokes about [[BoobBasedGag giant brassieres]] and no fewer than three jokes about [[HehHehYouSaidX the planet Uranus]], it wouldn't be surprising if this innuendo was intentional. Still, it's still a bit shocking to see in a book that is aimed at preteen readers and whose humor is relatively innocent.
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*Creator/KarlMarx used the term "commodity fetishism" (German: ''Warenfetisch'') in the first chapter of ''Das Kapital'' (1867). At the time, that word basically meant to treat as a supernatural item.
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* ''Literature/TheGrandmother'', published in 1855, invariably makes Czech people laugh today with its use of the word "šukat". Today, this word means "to fuck", but in this book, it is used in the sense of "clean the house" or "run around keeping busy".
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* In Terry Brooks’ ''Elf Queen of Shannara'', third book in the Literature/TheHeritageOfShannara quintet, a minor character has the very unfortunate name of Eton '''Shart'''. The book was published in 1992, about a decade before the word’s feces-related meaning started to become widespread.
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* Creator/EdwardLear's famous poem "The Owl and the Pussycat". Even putting aside the title, the poem has the segment below in the first verse:
--> "O lovely Pussy! O Pussy, my love,
--> What a beautiful Pussy you are,
--> you are,
--> you are,
--> What a beautiful Pussy you are,
--> "O lovely Pussy! O Pussy, my love,
--> What a beautiful Pussy you are,
--> you are,
--> you are,
--> What a beautiful Pussy you are,
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* In Creator/BeverlyCleary's ''Literature/DearMrHenshaw'', the main character sees a sign that reads "$50 fine for molesting butterflies" and wonders why anyone would want to molest a butterfly. It's pretty obvious the word isn't being used in the sense readers are most familiar with, but the character's thoughts could prove otherwise...
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** ''The gay mood didn't last long. I think it was only the next month, October possibly, that trouble began''
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* In Creator/BeverlyCleary's ''Literature/DearMrHenshaw'', the main character sees a sign that reads "$50 fine for molesting butterflies" and wonders why anyone would want to molest a butterfly. It's pretty obvious the word isn't being used in the sense readers are most familiar with, but the character's thoughts could prove otherwise...
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Homoerotic Dream has been renamed to Awkwardly Gay Dream and requires explicit statement of sexuality as per TRS.
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** Yet another unintentionally funny usage of "queer" comes when Jonathan writes of having [[HomoeroticDream queer dreams]].
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** When the kids' cousin comes to visit, she bunks in with Caddie's older sister Clara, who tells her "You're to sleep with me".
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** "Ejaculate" for "exclaim" appear an alarming number of times in throughout the books, which has led to a lot of misunderstandings and mockery over the years.
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** "Ejaculate" for "exclaim" appear an alarming number of times appears twice in throughout the books, which has led to a lot of misunderstandings and mockery jokes over the years.
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* ''Magazine/{{MAD}}'' sometimes does a "then and now" strip. One entry showed a girl's "coming out" party. ''Then'', she was a wealthy young woman entering society as an adult ready for marriage. ''Now'', she's introducing her ButchLesbian girlfriend to her parents.
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* ''Magazine/{{MAD}}'' sometimes does a "then invokes this trope with their "Then and now" Now" strip. One entry showed a girl's "coming out" party. ''Then'', she was a wealthy young woman entering society as an adult ready for marriage. ''Now'', she's introducing her ButchLesbian girlfriend to her parents.