1 | '''Basic Trope''': A title that doesn't use real words. |
2 | * '''Straight''': There is a work called ''Ghaefreas'' |
3 | * '''Exaggerated''': |
4 | ** There is a work called ''Gõecpäiüweöeaweve'' |
5 | ** There is a work called ''Ijnwbyxmokdwyuwd'' |
6 | ** There is a work called ''k3%X+mRsk`_Jz[qc'' |
7 | ** [[LuckyCharmsTitle The title uses symbols and images instead of any kind of text.]] |
8 | ** [[TheUnpronouncable The title is written in something completely distant from any conceivable language.]] |
9 | * '''Downplayed''': WordSaladTitle |
10 | * '''Justified''': |
11 | ** The title is an [[ArcWords arc word]] in a ConstructedLanguage. |
12 | ** [[InheritedIlliteracyTitle The title is a snippet of the garbaged]] [[MacGuffin message that drives the story]].[[note]][[MockGuffin That's assuming it didn't start as garbage.]][[/note]] |
13 | ** The original file was written in DOS EDIT.COM, only so many real words are possible with 8.3 file-naming. |
14 | * '''Inverted''': ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin title. |
15 | * '''Subverted''': The name ''Ghaefreas'' turns out to mean something in a rare dialect of Inuit. |
16 | * '''Double Subverted''': ...but it turns out it was considered a WordPureeTitle when it was originally invented, too. |
17 | * '''Parodied''': There is a work called ''California.'' (pronounced ''Ksfwytymbolmbolnagalooloo!'') |
18 | * '''Zig Zagged''': The title is intricately encrypted. |
19 | * '''Averted''': The work's title uses real words. |
20 | * '''Enforced''': |
21 | ** "Geez, I don't want to use cliche phrases and boring old words. I know! I'll use a title that is neither!" |
22 | ** A rather unorthodox title is used so it's easier to look for the work in search engines. |
23 | * '''Lampshaded''': "Where did that name "Ghaefreas" come from?" |
24 | * '''Invoked''': The medium-aware main character starts [[TitleDrop ending her sentences with]] random nonsense words in an attempt to make the title one of them. |
25 | * '''Exploited''': ??? |
26 | * '''Defied''': ??? |
27 | * '''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." |
28 | * '''Conversed''': "Don't you hate it when show titles are just key smashes? Like, how are you even supposed to pronounce that?!" |
29 | * '''Deconstructed''': Nobody can agree on [[ViewerPronunciationConfusion how to pronounce the name]]. {{Flame war}}s ensue. |
30 | * '''Reconstructed''': To avoid the Deconstruction, [[WordOfGod the author tells the audience how to pronounce it.]] |
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32 | Back to WordPureeTitle |
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34 | %% Optional items, added after Conversed, at your discretion: |
35 | %% |
36 | %%* '''Implied''': ??? |
37 | %%* '''Played For Laughs''': ??? |
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