Needs Help: Did Not Do The Bloody Research

Months ago, a troper removed the image that once accompanied the trope, stating that (paraphrased) "the term was not used as British slang, and thus not an example." The work in question is still listed regardless, and the trope was never removed from the Image Source page, adding to the confusion as to whether or not it's valid. Personally, I'm not so sure.

When I checked the image itself under edit preview, it definitely has quality issues, as it looks like someone took a picture of a screen. Is there a suitable replacement, or should it be left imageless? I'll be actively looking for a suggestion, but if anyone wants to pitch in an idea, go for it.

For the record, here's the old image, caption included:

edited 26th Oct '15 10:01:25 PM by Berrenta

Opened.

The trope is about writers intentionally using foreign slang, but using it inappropriately, usually underestimating its vulgarity. That is a writer inadvertently using a word that is vulgar in Britain. It's not an example.

Thanks for clearing it up. Will go ahead and remove the example and edit Image Source to remove this trope from the list.

As far as potential replacements are concerned, I haven't found any yet. Until I or someone else finds a good replacement, I'll go BUPKIS.

Past thread.

I was trying to get it pulled, since as rodney said, it's Magikoopa using a word that happens to be bad in England, but someone said that it counts for this trope which struck me as misuse.

edited 27th Oct '15 11:42:21 AM by Larkmarn

My suggestion in that thread is a dead link now. It was a poster◊ for Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me, which isn't great, but I think it's better than nothing. The caption could try to partially fill in the hole. Something like:

edited 27th Oct '15 11:28:16 PM by rodneyAnonymous

The trope's content combined with the required context makes me think we won't be able to illustrate it in an elegant manner. Voting BUPKIS.

6 seems alright. Maybe add the British poster in the image for comparison?

Seconded. If that's unavailable, then BUPKIS.

What? Why? I think saying "the UK title is different" in the caption is way better than showing a comparison image and letting the reader try to spot the difference. A bit more clear and a lot more concise.

I agree but remove this movie is called part from the caption.

edited 29th Oct '15 2:11:21 PM by MagwitchOo

Bump. Any other thoughts?

Yet another bump.

Clock is set.

Austin Powers poster is better than nothing, I guess. This isn't really a picture-able trope.

What about the second panel from this image (it's from Captain America #344)? The comic is supposed to be PG (approved by The Comics Code Authority), and it uses the word "wanker", which is mentioned as an example of this trope on the trope page. And even if you're not familiar with the work, the garish supervillain costumes should make it clear this is not supposed to be an "mature readers" comic book.

edited 16th Dec '15 4:42:59 AM by Tuomas

1. The first panel may have something to do with the comic, but not here.

2. There's too many dialogues, making it harder to read which speech bubble illustrates the trope.

Here's a cropped version that only shows the relevant speech bubble.

That's pretty good.

He British in an American comic?

Because if not, then I don't think it necessarily applies. I mean, the trope's description even points out that in some regions it's not even a bad word anyway. Honestly, looking at the panel I'd just assume it's an example of Have a Gay Old Time. As Captain America◊ points out, "wank" can just be used relatively innocently.

EDIT: So apparently the character is Australian. In which case this would be closer to Shown Their Work and Getting Crap Past the Radar, as it would be an acceptable use of the word there.

edited 16th Dec '15 12:35:32 PM by Larkmarn

The clock's up and beyond pulling the old pic, I don't really see enough consensus for any of the replacement suggestions. I'll tag the page for this thread; locking up.