History Main / CallingMeALogarithm

* ''Theatre/{{Oscar}}'':
** Two examples can be found in the American version:

** and...

--> '''Hermione''': No, wait, hold on. Lugholes… that's ear holes, right?\\
'''Ron''': Well, yeah. I wanted to be a bit more creative and less rude.\\
'''Hermione''': Then I apologize.

-->'''625''': You're gonna miss my egg salad!\\
'''Gantu''': Not enough mayonnaise and too much dillweed.\\
'''625''': [[LampshadeHanging What did you call me?]]

-->'''Junior''': Your fiancée?\\
'''Dynamite''': ''[offended]'' I should say not! We're engaged!

->'''Zoe Nightshade''': "You challenge my skills, you scullion? You know ''nothing'' of being a Hunter!"
->'''Thalia Grace''': "Oh, ''scullion''? You're calling ''me'' a scullion? What the heck is a scullion?"

-->'''Wojo''': I just think somebody ought to tell this guy that people don't get away with kidnapping around this precinct. I don't care what country they're from.\\
'''Stevens''': You might have taken alternative actions if you had been a bit more perspicacious.\\
'''Wojo''' [pausing]: Oh yeah?

--->'''Prof. Jirafales''': Leave this to me, I'm a pedagogue.\\
'''Don Ramón''': And how is that my fault?

-->'''Minamimoto:''' It's all exponential!
-->'''[[spoiler:Beat]]:''' What'chu just call me!?

'''Pesto:''': '''''DAT'S IT!!!!''''' ''[he starts to beat up Squit]''

--> '''Rehab Center Overseer:''' ''(speaking to Brian and referring to Peter)'' You know this degenerate?\\

-->'''Brian''': See, I thought I'd start locally, and then maybe try to merge with one of the larger groups.\\
'''Lois''': That's a great idea, Brian! Maybe you could join PETA!\\
'''Peter''': Join me for what?\\
'''Lois''': No, PETA, the organization.\\
'''Peter''': What organization?\\
'''Lois''': PETA.\\
'''Peter''': What?\\
'''Lois'''': PETA is an acronym, Peter.\\
'''Peter''': No, I'm not, I'm Catholic!\\
'''Stewie''': Are we really doing this?\\
'''Lois''': No, Peter, I'm just saying, maybe if this meeting goes well, Brian could be part of a PETA rally.\\
'''Peter''': Somebody is having a rally for me now?\\
'''Lois''': No, for PETA!\\
'''Peter''': That's me! I'm Peter!\\
'''Lois''': I'm not talking about you, Peter, I'm talking about PETA!\\
'''Peter''': Somebody better have something to say to me pretty damn soon, or I'm gonna have something to say to them! I'm very busy!\\
'''Chris''': I think Betty White is in PETA.\\
'''Peter''': That doesn't even make any sense!

-->'''Sperg:''' You got something to say to me, squirt?
-->'''Mandy:''' Your mother has a job and is a respected member of the community.
-->'''Sperg:''' No one talks about my mother that way!

-->'''Prohyas:''' One, ''you're'' a nauseum. And two, I'm never playing it again.

* Orthodox Jews in Israel generally adhere to the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hebrew_calendar Hebrew calendar,]] which uses [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gematria gematria]] in place of numbers to mark days in a month. In colloquial Hebrew, the Arabic ''[[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D9%8A%D8%A7 ya]]'', used originally as a vocative particle, is used before insults (kinda like "you" in "YouBastard"). And, it just so happens that the letters used to write ''ya'' in Hebrew (יא) also mean ‘11’ in gematria. All this leads to [[https://www.facebook.com/dosim.metsaitsimm/photos/a.408481085864747.87942.408459909200198/906656129380571 this]] very confusing conversation between a religious soldier and his non-religious IDF commander, who thought "Tammuz" (the name of a month) to be some insult he must have misunderstood:

Pretty much the inverse of InsultBackfire. Contrast {{Malaproper}}. Particularly unfortunate choices of words can be MistakenForRacist. If they're afraid instead of offended, then you get ScaryScienceWords. If they mistake it for a euphemism rather than an insult, that's IsThatWhatTheyreCallingItNow.

Pretty much the inverse of InsultBackfire. Contrast {{Malaproper}}. Particularly unfortunate choices of words can be MistakenForRacist. If they're afraid instead of offended, then you get ScaryScienceWords.

** In ''Literature/{{Jingo}}'', Angua is asked if she is a ''houri''[[note]]companions of the faithful in Islamic heaven[[/note]] by a delirious Klatchian. Angua (presumably mistaking it for the similarly-sounding English word "whore" - understandable, given that she happened to be naked at the tkme) responds that she doesn't have to take that kind of language and promptly leaves.

** In ''Literature/{{Jingo}}'', Angua is asked if she is a ''houri''[[note]]companions of the faithful in Islamic heaven[[/note]] by a delirious Klatchian. Angua (presumably mistaking it for the similarly-sounding English word "whore") responds that she doesn't have to take that kind of language and promptly leaves.

* This is probably how the word "nimrod", originally the name of a great hunter from the Bible (and thus a nickname for a hunter), became to mean "a fool, a klutz." In the ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' short, "A Wild Hare", Bugs Bunny called Elmer Fudd a "poor little Nimrod," and the kids watching it thought it was some fancy insult they never heard before.

* In ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls'':

* {{Inverted|Trope}} in ''Franchise/{{Tintin}}'', where some of Captain Haddock's insults to the bad guys ''are'' this (he's even used "logarithm" itself at least once).

** In ''Literature/{{Jingo}}'', Angua is asked if she is a ''houri''[[note]]companions of the faithful in Islamic heaven[[/note]] by a delirious Klatchian. Angua (presumably mistaking it for a similarly-sounding English word) responds that she doesn't have to take that kind of language and promptly leaves.
** In ''Literature/UnseenAcademicals'', Glenda is offended when [[RaisedByWolves Mr. Nutt]] tries to flatter her by calling her "fecund"[[note]]Producing or capable of producing an abundance of offspring or new growth; fertile [[/note]] After hastily looking the word up she's merely embarrassed, and Glenda gently explains to Nutt why that might not be a good word with which to compliment women.

* This happens when, right after announcing his candidacy, ComicBook/LexLuthor is abducted by a villain called "The Adversary".

* In the Shade/Scalphunter story in ''Comicbook/{{Starman}} 80-Page Giant'', the Shade is investigating a black man's disappearance in 1885 Opal when two hired thugs warn him off, and also make insinuations about his interest in the missing man.

'''Shade:''' No ... but let's pretend I ''did''.
* Inverted in ''Comicbook/{{Tintin}}'', where some of Captain Haddock's insults to the bad guys ''are'' this (he's even used "logarithm" itself at least once).

* In ''WesternAnimation/LittlestPetShop2012'', after Blythe trounces Whittany and Brittany Biskit in a debate.
-->'''Blythe:''' ''[to Whittany and Brittany]'' Your rebuttal, ladies?\\
'''Brittany:''' Ugh! ''You're'' a butthole, Blythe Baxter!

'''Peter: What organization?\\
'''Lois: PETA.\\

'''[=MdGonagall=]:''' It must be from those muggles!\\

* The Roommates chapter of ''[[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/114049/this-is-the-life-a-tale-of-a-human-in-equestria This is the life: A tale of a human in Equestria]]'' has this exchange:
-->'''Octavia:''' You're a perverted swayback ass!\\
'''SelfInsert main character:''' A perverted ''what?!''

* Some of Captain Haddock's insults in ''Comicbook/{{Tintin}}'' are this (he's even used "logarithm" itself at least once).

* In the ''WebVideo/SteamTrain'' series on ''VideoGame/{{VVVVVV}}'', Ross misunderstanding something Arin said leads to them inventing the character of Dinkles, a HollywoodNerd [[OxymoronicBeing who's also a buff]] JerkJock and a bully. Arin [[ConversationalTroping imagines him using this exact trope]], leading to this exchange:

* In an episode of ''Series/ElChavoDelOcho'', Professor Jirafales comes at night to give Doña Florinda a serenade with a mariachi, but with Mr. Barriga lurking around pretending to be a ghost, she pulls out a shotgun and fires at the air, scaring them away. After the misunderstanding is clear, Professor Jirafales says he'll sing "Acapella", and Doña Florinda first assumes he's going to sing for someone named "Capella", before he explains "Acapella" means without music.

* ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'':

* In the French film ''Film/LesChoristes'', one of the teachers in a boarding school for delinquents wants to start a boys' chorus so he tests out each boy's voice. To the most feared delinquent of them all, he says, "You're a very good baritone." The kid tries to kick his ass.

* In the English dub of ''Manga/DetectiveConan'' in the fourth episode, Conan mentions that it would be ironic if a piece of paper Amy has found really is a treasure map. George and Mitch promptly scold him for using such language in front of a lady. [[spoiler:It does turn out to be a treasure map, in the form of a cryptic series of clues leading to a stash of gold coins stolen by Italian gangsters]]