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-->'''Cordelia:''' [[AmbiguousSyntax What's a rogue demon?]]

** In "[[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS2E53TwentyTwo Twenty-Two]]", Liz Powell's agent Barney Kamener says that she is a stripper but she corrects him by saying that she is a dancer.
** In "[[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS4E119PassageOnTheLadyAnne Passage on the Lady Anne]]", whenever Eileen Ransome refers to the ''Lady Anne'' as "it," Toby and Millie [=McKenzie=] tell her that the ship is a "she."

* On ''Series/VeronicaMars'', Cassidy Casablancas is always referred to as "Beaver". In the season 2 finale he finally snaps, yelling "MY NAME IS CASSIDY!" Lampshaded since Veronica Mars calls him Cassidy (and whenever she calls him Beaver, she corrects herself).
* ''Series/{{Warehouse 13}}'' is located in UH-niville, not YOU-niville. This is because the "Un" in Univille is short for "unincorporated."

*** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS36E11WorldEnoughAndTime When]] Missy is pretending to be the Doctor, she refers to herself as "Doctor Who". Bill corrects her, but Missy says that when the Doctor first left Gallifrey he called himself "Doctor Who", only to change it when he decided that just "the Doctor" was better.

* On ''Series/OrphanBlack'', Allison is initially very resistant to the [[CloningBlues "C-word"]] (not [[CountryMatters that one]]) so they're "genetic identicals."

** And he seems to use the phrase "I didn't know, I [[SherlockScan saw]]" OnceAnEpisode.

*** It's occasionally implied that the Doctor does this too, if in reverse. He actually has a sonic probe, he just likes calling it a sonic screwdriver.

** [[Film/{{Thor}} Thor's]] not just handsome, he's ''dreamy'', according to Skye and May.
** In "[[Recap/AgentsOfSHIELDS1E6FZZT F.Z.Z.T.]]", it's not a vaccine, it's an anti-serum. [[ShownTheirWork Which is technically correct]]; a ''vaccine'' works to prevent infection, and is useless for treatment, while an ''anti-serum'' is used to treat an active infection.

** In "F.Z.Z.T.", it's not a vaccine, it's an anti-serum. [[ShownTheirWork Which is technically correct]]; a ''vaccine'' works to prevent infection, and is useless for treatment, while an ''anti-serum'' is used to treat an active infection.

* ''Series/BabylonFive'': In the fourth season the Centauri emperor complains about his [[TortureTechnician Pain Technicians]]. They used to be called Torturers, but ever since they got [[WeirdTradeUnion organized]] it's Pain Technicians.

* The ''Defiant''-class of ships are not warships, they are heavy escorts. Starfleet does not have warships. That doesn't stop ''Defiant''-class ships from being more heavily armed, armored and shielded than most other factions' warships, or showing up far away from anything that might need escorting and delivering huge amounts of firepower to Borg and Dominion ships and installations. But still absolutely, definitely not warships.
* In a similar fashion to classifying the ''Defiant'', Starfleet is not a true military, despite the fact that they are one of the most heavily armed organizations in the Milky Way and are the ones who fight when the Federation's borders are assaulted. They prefer to use themselves and their ships as a humanitarian and peacekeeping fleet, as well as doing exploration and scientific research.

-->'''Doña Florinda:'''This is your great job? Balloon seller?\\

* The ''Defiant''-class of ships are not warships, they are heavy escorts. Starfleet does not have warships. The Federation's technology, however, is so advanced that more warlike people, who ''do'' have warships, view their heavy escorts as being more than the equivalent to the very best warships of their own fleets.
* In a similar fashion to classifying the ''Defiant'', Starfleet is not a true military, despite the fact that they are the ones who fight when the Federation's borders are assaulted. They prefer to use themselves and their ships as a humanitarian and peacekeeping fleet, as well as doing exploration and scientific research.

** And don't disrespect the president.

* In ''Series/TerminatorTheSarahConnorChronicles'', the Terminators insist on being called cyborgs, rather than robots.

* The ''Defiant''-class of ships are not warships, because Starfleet does not have warships. They are heavy escorts. That get sent far away from anything escortable to blow up Borg cubes. Because Starfleet doesn't have warships. [[PunctuatedForEmphasis ''Heavy. Escorts.'']]
* In a similar fashion to classifying the ''Defiant'', Starfleet [[MildlyMilitary almost never calls itself a true military]], despite the fact that they are the ones fighting the Federation's wars. They refer to themselves as a humanitarian and peacekeeping armada.

* One of the first things Ned in the pilot of ''Series/PushingDaisies'' says is that the people he brings back to life are not zombies or undead, merely "alive again".

* In the alternate timeline in the sixth season of ''Series/{{Lost}}'', Ben Linus likes to be called ''Dr''. Linus. He's actually a doctor of history.

* In ''Series/KeepingUpAppearances'', Hyacinth insists on her last name, Bucket, being pronounced Bouquet ("Bu-Kay").

** Joffrey feels the need to remind everyone he is king. Tywin points out that a true leader would never feel such a need.
** "Reek, Reek, I'm Reek."
** "Not a queen, a Khaleesi" — Daenerys Targaryen. "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-7Fs9HJvs0#t=79 I'm a Khaleesi(!), no' a queen, for fuck's sake mate.]]" — Emilia Clarke.
** Brienne is no "Lady". And you know what, she's also not a knight (since women can't officially be knights, even though she has the skill of one and adheres to the knightly code of honor better than most).
** Sandor Clegane:

** Viserys Targaryen referring to Robert Baratheon as "The Usurper", and calling himself a "King".
** When Doreah says that Daenerys will look like a Princess in the dress that Xaro Xhoan Daxos has given her, Irri corrects her. Daenerys is a ''Khaleesi'' (Queen), not a Princess.
** Salladhor is not going to ''rape'' Cersei, he's going to ''fuck'' her. He wants her to consent to sleeping with him first.