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* '''Averted''': Free and unrestricted usage of homosexuality-related terms.

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* '''Averted''': Free and unrestricted usage of homosexuality-related terms.
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'''Basic Trope''': Characters use euphemisms to avoid directly using homosexuality-related terms.

* '''Straight''': Bob and his friends are talking about a gay character, and describe him as "that way."
* '''Exaggerated''': Absurd euphemisms are used, such as "likes to wear pink."
* '''Downplayed''': It's worded in a way that makes it clear what it's referring to.
* '''Justified''': The work in question takes place (or was produced) in a time where gay terms were taboo.
* '''Subverted''': Immediately when it looks like they're going to use a euphemism, the character uses an actual term.
* '''Double Subverted''': ??
* '''Inverted''': Characters use homosexuality-related terms, which are somehow lost on the listener.
* '''Zig-Zagged''': ??
* '''Lampshaded''': ??
* '''Averted''': Free and unrestricted usage of homosexuality-related terms.

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