History Literature / MakingMoney

* TheIllegible: Many people writing mail in Ankh-Morpork manage to bungle addressing it so badly that it lands in the Blind Letter Office; even if it's literally legible it still says things like "Duzbuns hopsit pharmerrc"[[note]]A baker notable for his rather good curly buns, opposite a pharmacy.[[/note]] or "My brofer John, tall, by the brij" that have to be deciphered.

** Mr. Bent's absence of a sense of humor is called "Nichtlachen-Keinwortz" syndrome, literally "not laughing - not a word."
** At one point, Lord Vetinari, who normally prefers crossword puzzles, is seen playing the Discworld's version of Sudoku, here called ''Jikan no Muda''. In Japanese, this means "a waste of time".

* OhCrap: After breaking the forger out of prison to make bills for him, Moist realizes that it had already been Vetinari's plan and he'd just mucked it up.

** Also a meta-version for the Lavishes: the adjective of 'lavish' means 'sumptuously rich, elaborate or luxurious', and the Lavish family are definitely that. Also, the Lavishes mentioned by name are all named after luxury items: i.e. Cosmo = Cosmopolitan, a cocktail that is generally regarded as sophisticated; for added [=PTerry=] trademark wordplay, cosmopolitan is also a term meaning worldly-wise and experienced in the world at large. Pucci = fashion house that came to prominence during the 1950's; fans include Marilyn Monroe, and Madonna.

* BilingualBonus: Mr. Bent's absence of a sense of humor is called "Nichtlachen-Keinwortz" syndrome, literally "not laughing - not a word."

* Catch22Dilemma: At least two of these are amongst the problems bedeviling the bank and its accompanying mint, which is why Moist is called in. The first is that, despite years of adultering the metal to try and counter this specific problem, the ''cost'' of the raw metal and labor needed to make the money is worth more than the ''value'' of the coins produced! Secondly, because all coins have to be handmade, employees at the mint have to create their own wages... as well as the currency for general use by the population. The result is that they literally ''earn'' money faster than they can physically make it!

** Stanley's favorite Pin Emporium, mentioned in ''Literature/GoingPostal'', is briefly mentioned as becoming a Pin and Stamp Emporium. One of the subplots is Vetinari's use of [[spoiler:the Device]] from ''Literature/{{Thud}}''. And Moist wonders why [[Literature/FeetOfClay an axe is stuck in the table in the Rats Chamber...]]

* NerdsAreNaive: Hubert Turvey, who spends all his time in a cellar tinkering with the financial modelling system he invented, is a genius in economics and engineering, but is completely clueless when it comes to the cutthroat politics of his in-laws, despite this being a large part of what he's modelling. He's also uncomfortable talking to women. Moist von Lipwig describes him as "not used to things that don't come with a manual."

* WhamLine: "There are more than one hundred and twenty things it can mean, but in this case, taken in conjunction with the rest of the paragraph, it means '[[spoiler:a thousand]]'."

* CanisLatinicus: As noted above, Lord Vetinari justifies his appointment of Moist with ancient and venerable legal precedent of ''Quia ego sic dico'', Literally translated as "Because I said so".

** Later, [[spoiler:in the courtroom, Moist is up against the blackmailing Cosmo and Cribbins on one side and the law with Mr. Slant on the other. He fears trying to fight both so he can stay out of jail and deal with his blackmailers as it is a tricky situation. One CourtroomAntic later, and Moist sees the only truly smart move to play is to come clean and confess to his past crimes. Cosmo, Cribbins, and Slant act like he sucker punched them in different ways]].

* CourtroomAntic: [[spoiler:During Moist's trial, Mr. Fusspot is propelled across the courtroom floor by a vibrating dildo he's using as a chew toy. Moist quickly decides that a world where something like that can actually happen can handle someone like him being in charge of a bank, and [[HonestyIsTheBestPolicy confesses to everything]].]]

* TheIllegible: Many people writing mail in Ankh-Morpork manage to bungle addressing it so badly that it lands in the Blind Letter Office; even if it's literally legible it still says things like "Duzbuns hopsit pharmerrc" or "My brofer John, tall, by the brij" that have to be deciphered.

* TheyCalledMeMad: Igor has to ask Hubert to say this.* TranquilFury: Moist's clumsy insinuation that Vetinari had Topsy assassinated to get his hands on the bank makes the Patrician possibly angrier than we've ever seen him in the entire series. [[ThatMakesMeFeelAngry If he hadn't said so out loud]], there may have been no way of knowing.

** During the epilogue, mention is made of a seat in the front row of the Pink Pussycat Club being unusable (mainly because [[spoiler:Professor Flead]] is now haunting it), the managers decide that they can live with it due to what happened [[ItDidntEndWell when they tried to take it away...]]

* NoodleIncident: We never get any details on the pastime of Extreme Sneezing, except that Ventinari considers it insanely dangerous.

* WorryingForTheWrongReason: The drink Splot, a sort of KlatchianCoffee UpToEleven. People are often reassured when they hear Splot is nonalchoholic...until they're told it's because "alcohol wouldn't survive."

* TheyCalledMeMad: Igor has to ask Hubert to say this.
* TranquilFury: Moist's clumsy insinuation that Vetinari had Topsy assassinated to get his hands on the bank makes the Patrician possibly angrier than we've ever seen him in the entire series. [[ThatMakesMeFeelAngry If he hadn't said so out loud]], there may have been no way of knowing.

** The artist Owlswick's assumed name "Clamp" might be a shout-out to Creator/{{CLAMP}}.

* AbnormalAllergy: Aimsbury the chef is allergic to garlic -- not the aromatic root vegetable, the ''word''. Whenever anyone mentions it in his presence, it causes him to freeze for fifteen seconds, throw the knife he's typically holding straight ahead of himself, then speak in Quirmian (i.e. [[FantasyCounterpartCulture French]]) for four seconds. Due to this, he's employed to cook for a dog, whose meals seldom include any mention of ga-- er, that stuff.

** In an involuntary variant, Aimsbury the dog-food chef has an "allergy" that makes him throw knives and scream in Quirmish if he hears the word "garlic".

* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: Those dentures... cursed, or just malfunctioning? [[spoiler:Anoia, goddess of Things Stuck in Drawers, is in great debt to Moist for the increase in publicity he's given her. A badly-fitting pair of dentures, stuck in Cribbins' "drawers" for years, may very well be within her domain. Moist decides to make an offering just in case.]]

* ARareSentence: When trying to stop Vetinari from being humiliated by a rogue clown, Moist shouts "[[HesGotAWeapon Look out, he's got a daisy!]]", then does a mental double-take when he realizes what he just said.