Basic Trope: A term is considered undesirable, and a character insists on calling it by another term instead.
- Straight: Bob refuses to call his new bag a purse. He insists on calling it a "Man Bag".
- Exaggerated: Bob calls his new bag the "Manliest Bag of Manliness".
- Downplayed: Bob wants his bag to be called a satchel instead of a purse.
- Justified:
- For some reason, Bob doesn't like the word "purse".
- It isn't really a purse in terms of style, so Bob not wanting to call it a purse is understandable.
- Inverted: Bob refuses to call his bag a purse, it's a "Lady Satchel for accessories".
- Subverted: Someone asks Bob what's in his satchel and he replies "You mean my purse?".
- Double Subverted: "Um-I mean, MURSE!"
- Parodied: ???
- Zig-Zagged: Bob claims one of his bags is definitely not a purse, but a second bag- that's definitely a purse.
- Averted: Nobody insists on calling something by another term.
- Enforced: ???
- Lampshaded: ???
- Invoked: Alice tells Bob to call his purse a "bag" or a "satchel" in order to avoid derision.
- Exploited: ???
- Defied: ???
- Discussed: If someone calls Bob's bag something other than a purse he will discuss his comfort with the term and how toxic masculinity denies many men the simple pleasure of having a handy, good looking bag with them.
- Conversed: ???
- Implied: Though other characters refer to it as a purse, Bob tends to use words like "bag". It's not entirely clear if he minds his bag being called a purse or not.
- Played for Horror: Emperor Evulz insists that "Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word.
Back to Less Embarrassing Term. Actually, call it the "Cooler Term".
