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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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36%%* '''Implied''': ???
37%%* '''Played For Laughs''': ???

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