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* GeniusCripple: "Cripple" is an ableist term, can be renamed "HandicappedGenius" or similar, paralleling trope names like HandicappedBadass.
** EvilCripple: Could also be renamed to use the word "Handicapped" instead.

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* GeniusCripple: "Cripple" is has been considered an ableist term, can be renamed "HandicappedGenius" or similar, paralleling trope names like HandicappedBadass.
term for a long time, and contemporary standards favour person-first language. Suggested change to DisabledGenius.
** EvilCripple: Could also be renamed Same reasoning, to use the word something like DisabledVillain.
** HandicappedBadass:
"Handicapped" instead.
is more recently dated than "cripple" but still widely rejected by modern disability groups. (Discussed [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=16012241180A76966300&page=16#comment-380 here]].) Same reasoning, to DisabledBadass.

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* TheRainMan: Merged into IdiotSavant
* SimSimSalabim: Renamed to MysticalIndia.

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* TheRainMan: Merged into IdiotSavant
IdiotSavant.
* SimSimSalabim: Renamed to MysticalIndia.MysticalIndia.
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* SchizoTech: See above; [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/remarks.php?trope=Main.SchizoTech#comment-131 discussion from 2010]] suggests AnachronisticTech, EclecticTech, and TechSoup, and TechnologyKitchenSink, {{Eclectech}}, or {{Anachronistech}} already exist as redirects

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* SchizoTech: See above; [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/remarks.php?trope=Main.SchizoTech#comment-131 discussion from 2010]] suggests AnachronisticTech, EclecticTech, and TechSoup, and TechnologyKitchenSink, {{Eclectech}}, or and {{Anachronistech}} already exist as redirects
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* SchizoTech: See above; [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/remarks.php?trope=Main.SchizoTech#comment-131 discussion from 2010]] suggests AnachronisticTech, EclecticTech, TechSoup, and TechnologyKitchenSink, {{Eclectech}}, or {{Anachronistech}} already exist as redirects

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* SchizoTech: See above; [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/remarks.php?trope=Main.SchizoTech#comment-131 discussion from 2010]] suggests AnachronisticTech, EclecticTech, and TechSoup, and TechnologyKitchenSink, {{Eclectech}}, or {{Anachronistech}} already exist as redirects
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* SchizoTech: See above; [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/remarks.php?trope=Main.SchizoTech#comment-131 discussion from 2010]] suggests AnachronisticTech, EclecticTech, TechSoup, or TechnologyKitchenSink (already a redirect)
* GeniusCripple: "Cripple" is an ableist term, can be renamed "HandicappedGenius" or similar.
** EvilCripple

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* SchizoTech: See above; [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/remarks.php?trope=Main.SchizoTech#comment-131 discussion from 2010]] suggests AnachronisticTech, EclecticTech, TechSoup, and TechnologyKitchenSink, {{Eclectech}}, or TechnologyKitchenSink (already a redirect)
{{Anachronistech}} already exist as redirects
* GeniusCripple: "Cripple" is an ableist term, can be renamed "HandicappedGenius" or similar.
similar, paralleling trope names like HandicappedBadass.
** EvilCripple
EvilCripple: Could also be renamed to use the word "Handicapped" instead.
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** The trope is about someone believing something that exists in reality is made-up. "Eskimo" can be substituted for something else or the trope can be renamed to something clearer/generic

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** The trope is about someone believing something that exists in reality is made-up. "Eskimo" can be substituted for replaced with something else or the trope can be renamed to something clearer/genericclearer/generic without changing the meaning.
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** EvilCripple
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** Quotes.EskimosArentReal is now flagged for "Dangerous or derogatory content" by Google. Chances are the trope page and other subpages may also have that flag put on them.
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** GypsyCurse was brought up, but may fall into this as well.

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* SimSimSalabim: Unclear name for a trope about "Hollywood depictions of India".



* TheRainMan: Merged into IdiotSavant

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* TheRainMan: Merged into IdiotSavantIdiotSavant
* SimSimSalabim: Renamed to MysticalIndia.
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* DateCrape: Merged into IndirectKiss

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* DateCrape: DateCrepe: Merged into IndirectKiss

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* MagicalNegro: Preexisting term by Creator/SpikeLee, used outside the wiki

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* MagicalNegro: Preexisting term coined by Creator/SpikeLee, used outside the wiki


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* DateCrape: Merged into IndirectKiss
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* SchizoTech: See above; [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/remarks.php?trope=Main.SchizoTech#comment-131 discussion from 2010]] suggests AnachronisticTech, EclecticTech, TechSoup, or TechnologyKitchenSink (already a redirect)
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Relevant discussion: '''[[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=16012241180A76966300&page=1 Trope names with outdated and/or offensive language]]'''

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!!Candidates
* [[QueerAsTropes Several tropes with "queer" in the name]]: "Queer" has historically been used as a slur. Many members of the community have reclaimed the word and it is used in an academic context
* EverybodyWantsTheHermaphrodite: "Hermaphrodite" is obsolete terminology for intersex people and can be read as offensive.
* EskimosArentReal:
** "Eskimo" is considered a problematic term by various indigenous groups
** The trope is about someone believing something that exists in reality is made-up. "Eskimo" can be substituted for something else or the trope can be renamed to something clearer/generic
* IdiotSavant
* SchizophrenicDifficulty: "Schizophrenic" used to describe those without schizophrenia can be considered ableist; the trope can be renamed "InconsistentDifficulty" or similar.
* SimSimSalabim: Unclear name for a trope about "Hollywood depictions of India".
* GeniusCripple: "Cripple" is an ableist term, can be renamed "HandicappedGenius" or similar.

!!Invented by community
* MagicalNegro: Preexisting term by Creator/SpikeLee, used outside the wiki
* FagHag: Invented by the LGBT community; alternatives are less clear

!!Already Discussed
* HotGypsyWoman: Unable to come up with a word that best encapsulated the stereotype
* TheRainMan: Merged into IdiotSavant

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