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5	[[caption-width-right:319:It's short for "Touch Dictionary".]]
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7	The titles of these tropes seem like they belong in NudityTropes or SexTropes, but they aren't (no, RuleThirtyFour doesn't make them so, now GetYourMindOutOfTheGutter already).
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9	Often it's because the title seems that way as a joke (especially {{pun}}ny titles), and often because the name uses a word that has multiple meanings where one is well known to be about sex. For others, it's a case where the object of affection is given the same amount of drool and adoration as actual porn might be.
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12	!!Tropes:
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14	[[index]]
15	* TwentyBearAsses: No, this is ''not'' about twenty [[TheBear big hairy gay guys]] and their buttocks. This is about a certain type of arbitrary FetchQuest.
16	* AlternateHistoryWank: As "wank" is slang for masturbation, it's understandable that you'd think this was sexual, but it's not. It's the trope for when a single aspect of an alternate history is singled out and advantaged.
17	* AttentionWhore: A trope about characters who do stupid things in order to get attention, not related to prostitution or lust.
18	* AssPull: Nothing to do with literally pulling something out the ass; it refers to a sudden unexplained plot twist and is YMMV.
19	* Administrivia/AutoEroticTroping: A policy page about creators who are trying to use the TV Tropes platform to stroke their ''ego'', not some other parts of theirs.
20	* BallsOfSteel: The balls are only metaphorical.
21	* BananaInTheTailpipe: Neither of these nouns are [[UnusualEuphemism euphemisms]], this is VehicularSabotage using a literal banana (or similar blockage) in a car's tailpipe.
22	* BangingForHelp: Making noise to attract help, not trying to help someone by having sex.
23	* {{Beergasm}}: A character having an over-the-top reaction to a sip of alcohol, but usually not a literal orgasm.
24	* BiggerIsBetter: An index of tropes about large things.
25	* CarPorn: A scene that focuses on a CoolCar, not AutoErotica or a risque HoodOrnamentHottie.
26	* CherryTapping: Because "tap" can be a slang for sex, and breaking the hymen (which can happen during sex) can be called "popping the cherry", this can sound sexual. Its actual definition, however, is when somebody is defeated with a weak attack to embarrass them.
27	* ChoreographyPorn: Describing a dance in great detail, not when the sex scenes in a porn are carefully planned out and practiced.
28	* CockFight: Two guys fighting over a girl, usually ''not'' with their penises as weapons.
29	* ComingInHot: It's about crash landings.
30	* CompetencePorn: Used to describe the thrill that comes from watching talented people solve problems, usually through cleverness and hard work. It has nothing to do with [[SexGod being really good at sex]].
31	* ContinuityPorn: A story that focuses more on continuity than the actual story, not people having sex continuously or PornWithPlot.
32	* CostumePorn: No, this isn't porn film where the actors are wearing FanserviceCostumes. It's about extremely detailed clothes.
33	* CunningLinguist: Because the phrase itself sounds like the word "cunnilingus", which means oral sex on a woman, people joke with that phrase. The trope, however, literally means a linguist who's cunning.
34	* DescriptionPorn: The use of a detailed description of anything... which can include sex, but usually it's about things that are clean.
35	* DesignStudentsOrgasm: A visual image that is artistic and nonsensical.
36	* DickDastardlyStopsToCheat: Is not about committing infidelity because of that damn pesky boner.
37	* DomCom: The "Dom" stands for domestic, not dominant.
38	* DrFeelgood: The pleasure in this case is drugs, not sex.
39	* DungeonmastersGirlfriend: A TabletopRPG term, not a BDSM one.
40	* EverybodyDidIt: Every suspect of a crime was involved. Unrelated to EverybodyHasLotsOfSex.
41	* ExplosiveBreeder: Technically it ''is'' about sex, but not in ''that'' way. It refers to animals having offspring at an alarming rate.
42	* ExtremophileLifeforms: No, "extremophilia" is not a new fetish... It means lifeforms that prefer extreme environments.
43	* FanWank: A [[EpilepticTrees fan theory]] designed to explain plot holes. Has nothing to do with fans masturbating... usually.
44	* TheFlappingDickey: A dickey is a piece of clothing worn on the chest. It's not dangling genitals.
45	* FoodPorn: Actually means really interesting, delicious-looking food.
46	* ForeignCultureFetish: A character really likes a culture of a country they're not from, but it's not necessarily a sexual fetish.
47	* GangBangers: Because "bang" as a verb can be slang for sex, this sounds like {{polyamory}} or group sex -- but it's not. It's members of a street gang who commit crimes.
48	* GoodLookingPrivates: It's about characters finding military uniforms attractive. It's not about private parts looking good.
49	* {{Gorn}}: About scenes of over-the-top violence, bloodshed, and general mayhem, not blood fetishism or [[Franchise/StarTrek a giant lizard-like alien]].
50	* GunPorn: A scenario with a whole lot of guns.
51	* HornyVikings: It's about the stereotype of Vikings wearing horned hats not the other kind of horny.
52	* HotSubOnSubAction: This is about submarines, not submissives.
53	* LatexPerfection: It's not about [[ButWeUsedACondom unbreakable condoms]] or bodies that look great DressedAllInRubber, it's about perfect latex mask disguises.
54	* MakingUseOfTheTwin: No, it's not about twins being used in ''that'' way (you're looking for TwinThreesomeFantasy or {{Twincest}} there), but about actors' twins helping out as body doubles.
55	* MistakenFromBehind: Despite the pun, it's about mistaken identity.
56	* MoneyFetish: This doesn't necessarily involve someone who's ''sexually attracted'' to money. It's just a term for someone who likes money because it's money, rather than because they're {{greed}}y or need profit or whatever.
57	* {{Nerdgasm}}: This trope is about poking fun at nerds (or SelfDeprecation ''by'' nerds) for getting excited over some piece of technology or software, or some other geek-ish subject. While the jokes are about sex, it ''usually'' doesn't involve any actual sexual arousal.
58	* NightmareFetishist: This means someone who likes scary things, but they might not actually have a {{Fetish}} for them.
59	* OrgyOfEvidence: People do have sex a lot in orgies, but this is not even about a real orgy. It's when evidence is spotted as fake because of the absurdly large amount of it.
60	* PinnedDown: ...By gunfire.
61	* PortableHole: As in wormholes, not the sex toy.
62	* PovertyPorn: About exploiting the condition of impoverished people to generate sympathy, not about fetishizing poverty (nor is it related to PoorMansPorn).
63	* RealMenTakeItBlack: It's about black coffee as a sign of manliness, not an innuendo for someone with a [[RaceFetish fetish for Black people]] aka "jungle fever".
64	* SceneryGorn: The scenery is described a lot, in a negative way.
65	* SceneryPorn: Describing the scenery in great detail, though some porn films themselves may have elaborate sets.
66	* ScrewedByTheLawyers: It's about a work falling victim to legal issues. It's not about porn starring lawyers.
67	* TechnologyPorn: A scene with heaps of emphasis on how cool a machine looks, not anything that might be {{Robosexual}}.
68	* TerminatorTwosome: Two characters are sent back in time, one to change history and one to make sure it stays the same. The reason why it sounds sexual is because the suffix "-some" added to the number of people in a group has been used in a sexual sense (think of the word "threesome" for example).
69	* TooKinkyToTorture: Zigzagged. Sometimes this means a character who's literally kinky but other times, they enjoy being tortured in a nonsexual way.
70	* TorturePorn: ZigZagged due to InterplayOfSexAndViolence, but mostly it's just the intersection of PsychologicalHorror and SplatterHorror.
71	* VenusIsWet: This isn't about [[Myth/ClassicalMythology the goddess]] being aroused, this is about the ([[ScienceMarchesOn proven wrong]]) theory that the planet's clouds are perpetually raining water.
72	* WhiteGangBangers: Same as GangBangers, except they're not Black, Asian, or Hispanic.
73	* {{Whoring}}: No, this doesn't have anything to do with [[TheOldestProfession prostitution]]. It's a gaming term that describes pooling all your energy into only one mechanic to gain some kind of advantage.
74	* WithAFriendAndAStranger: The main cast is two friends and one person who doesn't know them. Not as sexual-sounding as the others, but some tropers have dirty minds when it comes to the word "with".
75	* TheXenophile: Sounds sexual because of the "phile" suffix, but it actually just means a character with a friendly interest in aliens.
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