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Numbers

• 1-Up: Life (video games)
• 12 Coins Puzzle: Balance Puzzle
• 13 Is Unlucky: Triskaidekaphobia
• 15 Minutes of Fame: [1]*
• 15 Puzzle: [2]*
• 2½D: [3]*
• 2 + Torture = 5: 2 + 2 = 5
• 24-Hour News Networks: 24-hour news cycle
• 419 Scam: Advance-fee scam
• 420, Blaze It: 420 (cannabis culture)
• 555: 555 (telephone number)
• '50s Hair: Hairstyles in the 1950s
• '80s Hair: Hairstyles in the 1980s
• 90% of Your Brain: Ten percent of the brain myth

A

• Abandoned War Child: War children
• Abandonware: [4]*
• Abdicate the Throne: Abdication
• Abilene Paradox: [5]*
• AB Negative: ABO blood group system
• Above the Influence: Sexual abstinence
• Absent-Minded Professor: [6]*
• Abstract Strategy Game [7] *
• Absurdly Elderly Mother: Pregnancy over age 50
• Ab Urbe Condita: [8]*
• Abusive Offspring: Parental abuse by children
• Abusive Parents: Child abuse
• A Cappella: [9]*
• Accidental Art: Found object
• Accidental Murder: Involuntary manslaughter
• Accomplice by Inaction: Accessory (legal term)
• Ace Pilot: Flying ace
• Achievement System: Achievement (video games)
• Achilles' Heel: [10]*
• Acid Attack: [11]*
• Acme Products: Acme Corporation
• Acquired Poison Immunity: Mithridatism
• Acronym and Abbreviation Overload: Wikipedia:WTF? OMG! TMD TLA. ARG!
• Action Girl: Women warriors in literature and culture,List of female action heroes and villains
• Action Hero: [12]*
• A-Cup Angst, Buxom Beauty Standard, D-Cup Distress: "Body image" subsection of Breast
• Ad Bumpers: Bumper (broadcasting)
• Ad Hominem: [13]*
• Adjective Animal Alehouse: Pub names
• Advert-Overloaded Future: Ad creep
• An Aesop: Moral
• Afraid of Blood: Blood phobia
• Afraid of Needles: Fear of needles
• Age-Gap Algebra: Age disparity in sexual relationships
• The Ageless: Eternal youth and Biological immortality
• Agent Provocateur: [14]
• Agony of the Feet: Diseases of the foot
• Airborne Aircraft Carrier: [15]*
• Air Guitar: [16]*
• Air Jousting: Dogfight
• Airport Novel: [17]*
• Air Quotes: [18]*
• A.I. Is a Crapshoot: AI takeover
• Akashic Records: [19]*
• Alan Smithee: [20]*
• Albinos Are Freaks: Albinism in popular culture
• Albums Index: [21]
• Album Single: Single (music)
• The Alcatraz: Alcatraz Island in popular culture
• The Alcoholic: Alcoholism
• Alcubierre Drive: [22]*
• The Alibi: [23]*
• Alice and Bob: [24]*
• Alien Abduction: [25]*
• Alien Autopsy: [26]*
• Alien Geometries: Non-Euclidean geometry
• Alien Invasion: [27]*
• Alien Space Bats: [28]*
• All Bikers are Hells Angels: Outlaw motorcycle club, Hells Angels
• All Cavemen Were Neanderthals: Caveman
• All Gays Are Pedophiles: Societal attitudes toward homosexuality: Association with child abuse and pedophilia
• All Girls Want Bad Boys: Bad boy (archetype),Rake (character), Hybristophilia
• All-Loving Hero: Agapism
• The Alleged Car: Decrepit car
• Allegory: [29]*
• All Trolls Are Different: Troll
• Alphabet Song: Alphabet song
• Alpha Bitch: Queen Bee (sociology)
• Altar Diplomacy: Marriage of state
• Alternate History: [30]*
• Alternate-History Nazi Victory: Hypothetical Axis victory in World War II
• Alternate Universe: Parallel universe (fiction)
• Ambiguous Syntax: Synactic ambiguity
• Ambulance Chaser: Ambulance chasing. See also Barratry
• Amen break: [31]*
• America Takes Over the World: American Imperialism
• Amoral Attorney: Shyster
• Amphibious Automobile: Amphibious vehicle
• Anachronism Stew: Anachronism
• Anadiplosis: Anadiplosis*
• Analog vs. Digital: Comparison of analog and digital recording
• Anal Probing: [32]*
• Anaphora: [33]*
• Anarcho-Tyranny: Managerial state
• Ancestor Veneration: [34]
• Ancient Astronauts: [35]*
• ...And 99¢: Psychological pricing
• And Now You Must Marry Me: Forced marriage
• Angry Guard Dog: Guard dog
• Angst: [36]*
• Animal Stereotypes: Stereotypes of animals
• Animal Testing: [37]*
• Animesque: Anime-influenced animation
• Anorgasmia: [38] *
• Answer Song: [39]*
• Antagonist: [40]*
• Anthology Film: [41]
• Anthropic Principle [42] *
• Anthropomorphic Personification: Anthropomorphism
• The Antichrist: [43]*
• Antihero: [44]*
• Antidisestablishmentarianism: [45]
• Anti-Humor: [46]*
• Antimatter: [47]*
• AntiVillain: Sympathetic villain
• Anxiety Dreams: [48]*
• Apocalypse Cult: Doomsday cult
• Apocalypse Day Planner: List of dates predicted for apocalyptic events
• Appeal to Worse Problems: Fallacy of relative privation
• Appropriated Appellation: Reappropriation
• Arcadia: [49]*
• Archangel Gabriel: Gabriel
• Archangel Michael: Michael
• Archangel Raphael: Raphael
• Archangel Uriel: Uriel
• Arch-Enemy: [50]*
• Area 51: [51]*
• Arcology: [52]*
• An Arm and a Leg: Amputation
• Arms Dealer: Arms industry and Arms trafficking
• Arranged Marriage: [53]*
• Art Deco: [54]*
• Artificial Gravity: [55]*
• Artificial Intelligence: [56]* and Artificial general intelligence
• Artificial Limbs: Prosthesis
• Artificial Meat: Cultured meat
• Artificial Stupidity: [57]*
• Artistic License: [58] *
• ASCII Art: [59]*
• Asian Fox Spirit: [60]*
• Asian Lion Dogs: Chinese guardian lions
• Ascend to a Higher Plane of Existence: Entering heaven alive
• Ashcan Copy: [61] *
• Asmodeus: [62] *
• Aspect Ratio: [63]*
• Assassination Attempt: List of people who survived assassination attempts
• Association Fallacy: [64]*
• Asteroid Miners: Asteroid mining
• Astral Projection: [65]*
• AstroTurf: Astroturfing
• Atlantis: [66]*
• Attention Deficit... Ooh, Shiny!: Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
• Attention Whore: Attention seeking
• Auction: [67]*
• Ax-Crazy: Borderline personality disorder,Insanity
• Augmented Reality: [68]*
• Author Avatar: Author surrogate
• Autocannibalism: Self-cannibalism
• Automated Automobiles: Autonomous car
• Autosave: [69]*
• Auto-Tune: [70]*

B

• Baby Talk: [71]*
• Back from the Dead: Resurrection
• Background Music: [72]*
• Backhanded Apology: Non-apology apology
• Backstory: [73]*
• The Backwards Я: Faux Cyrillic
• Badass Boast: Boasting
• Bag of Holding: Magic satchel
• Bait-and-Switch: [74]*
• Bakeneko and Nekomata: Bakeneko, Nekomata
• Baku: Baku (mythology)
• Balkanize Me: [75]
• Balloonacy: Cluster ballooning
• Balloon Belly: Abdominal distension and Bloating
• Banana Peel: Banana peel: In comical context
• Banana Republic: [76]*
• Bandit Clan: Banditry
• Bank Robbery: [77]*
• Bankruptcy Barrel: [78]*
• Banned Episode: Category:Television episodes pulled from general rotation
  • Banned Episode (Pokémon: The Series): Pokémon episodes removed from rotation
• Banned in China: Censorship by country
• Barbarian Tribe: Barbarian
• The Bartender: [79]*
• Basilisk and Cockatrice: Basilisk and Cockatrice
• HoYay.Batman: Homosexuality in the Batman franchise
• Bathos: [80]*
• Battering Ram: [81]*
• Battle Cry: [82]*
• Battle Royale Game: [83]*
• Bayonet Ya: Bayonet
• The Bear: [84]*
• The Beard: Beard (companion)
• Bears Are Bad News: Bear danger and Bear attack
• Beast Fable: [85]*
• Beat: [86]*
• ReferencedBy.The Beatles: Cultural impact of the Beatles
• Beatnik: [87]*
• Beauty Contest: Beauty pageant
• Bed Trick: [88]*
• Beehive Hairdo: Beehive (hairstyle)
• Beginner's Luck: [89]*
• Believing Their Own Lies: Self-deception
• Belligerent Sexual Tension: Sexual tension
• Benevolent A.I.: Friendly artificial intelligence
• The Bermuda Triangle: [90]*
• Berserk Button: Pet peeve
• Bespectacled Cutie: Glasses Fetishism (since deleted; link is NSFW)
• Bestiality Is Depraved: Zoophilia
• Beware of Hitchhiking Ghosts: Vanishing hitchhiker
• BFG: [91]*
• Big Bad: [92]*
• The Big Bad Wolf: [93]*
• Big Brother Bully: Sibling abuse
• Big Dumb Object: [94]*
• Big Eater: Gourmand
• Big Electric Switch: Knife switch
• Bigfoot, Sasquatch, and Yeti: Bigfoot and Yeti
• Bigger Than Jesus: More popular than Jesus (Although it should be noted that our article covers the Stock Shout-Out/Stock Parody of the controversy, whereas Wikipedia covers the actual events themselves.)
• Bile Fascination: Hate-watching
• Binary Suns: Binary star
• Bindle Stick: Bindle
• Bio Punk: [95]*
• Birthday Buddies: Birthday problem
• Bishōnen: [96]*
• Bishōnen Jump Syndrome: Odagiri effect
• Bite the Wax Tadpole: Brand blunder
• Black-and-White Morality: Good and evil
• Black Box: [97]*
• Black Cap of Death: Black cap
• Black Comedy: [98]*
• The Black Death: [99]*
• Black Dude Dies First: Section in Racism in horror films
• Blackface: [100]*
• Black Helicopter: [101]*
• Black Knight: [102]*
• Black Magic: [103]*
• Blackmail: [104]*
• Black Market: [105]*
• Black Sheep: [106]*
• Black Site: [107] *
• The Blacksmith: [108]*
• Black Spot: [109]*
• Blaming "The Man": [110]*
• Blaming the Victim: Victim blaming
• Blank Slate: Tabula rasa
• Blatant Lies: Barefaced lie
• Blessing: Blessing
• Blind Date: [111]*
• Blipvert: [112]*
• Bluebird of Happiness: [113]*
• Blue Blood: Nobility
• Blood from the Mouth: Hemoptysis
• Blood on the Debate Floor: Legislative violence
• Blood Sport: [114]*
• Blooper: [115]*
• Blow Gun: [116]*
• Boarding Party: Naval boarding
• Boarding School: [117]*
• Body Horror: [118]*
• Body Paint: Body painting
• Body Sushi: Nyotaimori
• Boke and Tsukkomi Routine: Manzai
• Bomb Disposal: [119]*
• Bond Gun Barrel: Gun barrel sequence
• Bonus Stage: [120]*
• Booby Trap: [121]*
• Book Burning: [122]*
• Book Safe: Concealing objects in a book
• Bookworm: Bibliophilia
• Boomerang Bigot: Internalized oppression
• Boss Battle: Boss (video gaming)
• Bothering by the Book: Work-to-rule, Malicious compliance
• Bottle Episode: [123]*
• Bouncer: [124]*
• Bounty Hunter: [125]*
• Bourgeois Bohemian: Limousine liberal and Radical chic (United States), Champagne socialist (United Kingdom), Chardonnay socialist (Australia/New Zealand), Gauche caviar (France)
• Bowdlerise: Expurgation
• Box Office Bomb: [126]*
• Boy Band: [127]*
• Brain/Computer Interface: [128]*
• Brain Drain: Human capital flight
• Brain Freeze: Ice cream headache
• Brain in a Jar: Brain in a vat (this article is specifically about the Lotus-Eater Machine variant) and Isolated brain
• Brain Transplant: [129]*
• Brain Uploading: Mind uploading
• Brainwashed: Mind control
• Brand Name Takeover: Generic trademark
• Bread and Circuses: [130]*
• Breakout Character: List of breakout characters
• Breathable Liquid: Liquid breathing
• Brick Break: Breaking (martial arts)
• British Humour: [131] *
• British Royal Guards: Queen's Guard
• Brits Love Tea: Tea in the United Kingdom
• Broken Record: Assertiveness: Broken record
• Bronson Canyon and Caves: Bronson Canyon
• Brown Note: [132] *
• Buccaneer Broadcaster: Pirate radio
• Bulletproof Vest: [133]*
• Bullet Time: [134]*
• The Bully: Bullying
• Bullying the Disabled: Disability abuse
• Burger Fool: McJob
• Burial at Sea: [135]*
• Burial in Space: Space burial
• Buried Alive: Premature burial
• "Burly Detective" Syndrome: Elegant variation as applied to character descriptions
• Bury Your Gays: LGBT stereotypes in scripted television: "Bury your gays"
• But Not Too Black: Discrimination based on skin color: Examples of African American Colorism
• Byronic Hero: [136]*
• Bystander Syndrome: Bystander effect

C

• Cabin Fever: [137]*
• Cake Toppers: Wedding cake topper
• Calacas: [138]*
• Calculator Spelling: [139]*
• The Caligula: Caligula, List of mentally ill monarchs
• Call-Back: Callback (comedy)
• Calling Card: [140]*
• Caltrops: [141]*
• The Cameo: Cameo appearance
• Camp: [142]*
• Camp Straight: Metrosexual
• Canis Latinicus: Dog Latin
• The Can Kicked Him: List of people who died on the toilet
• Cannon Fodder: [143]*
• Canon: [144]*
• The Caper: Caper story
• Capitalism Is Bad: Criticism of capitalism
• The Captivity Narrative: [145]*
• The Cardinal Virtues: [146]*
• Cargo Cult: [147]*
• Cargo Ship: Object sexuality
• Carpe Diem: [148]*
• The Cartel: Drug cartel
• The Casino: [149]*
• Cassandra Truth: Cassandra (metaphor)
• Casting Couch: [150]*
• Catch-22 Dilemma: Catch-22 (logic)
• Catfishing: [151] *
• Cat Girl: [152]*
• Caught on the Jumbotron: Kiss cam
• Celebrity Endorsement: Celebrity branding
• Cel Shading: [153]*
• Cement Shoes: [154]*
• Censor Box: Censor bars
• Centipede's Dilemma: [155]*
• Central Theme: Theme (narrative)
• Cessation of Existence: Eternal oblivion
• Chain Letter: [156]*
• The Chain of Command: Command hierarchy
• The Chain of Harm: Kick the cat
• Chainsaw Good: Chainsaws in popular culture
• Chalk Outline: [157]*
• Changeling Tale: Changeling
• Character Alignment: Alignment (Dungeons & Dragons)
• Character Catchphrase: [158]*
• Character Customization: Character creation
• Character Development: Character arc
• Chariot Race: Chariot racing
• Cheese-Eating Surrender Monkeys: [159]*
• Cheesy Moon: The Moon is made of green cheese
• Chekhov's Gun: [160]*
• Chewbacca Defense: [161]*
• Chiaroscuro: [162]*
• Chicken-and-Egg Paradox: Chicken or the egg
• Chicken Joke: Why did the chicken cross the road?
• The Chikan: [163]*
• Childhood Brain Damage: Childhood acquired brain injury
• Child by Rape: Pregnancy from rape
• Childish Pillow Fight: Pillow fight
• Child Popstar: [164]
• Child Prodigy: [165]*
• Child Soldiers: Military use of children
• Chinese Vampire: Jiangshi
• Ching Chong: [166]*
• Choke Holds: Chokehold
• Christianity is Catholic: Catholic Church
• Christmas Creep: [167]*
• Christmas Elves: Christmas elf
• Christmas in July: [168]*
• Chroma Key: [169]*
• Chronic Backstabbing Disorder: Betrayal
• Chuunibyou: [170]*
• Chupacabra: [171]*
• Circassian Beauty: Circassian beauties
• City Planet: [172]
• City Slicker: [173]*
• Civil War: [174]*
• The Clan: [175]*
• Classical Elements: Classical Element
• Classical Tongue: Classical language
• Classified Information: [176]*
• Class Representative: Class president
• Class Reunion: [177]*
• Class Trip: Field trip
• Claustrophobia: [178]*
• Clerk: [179]*
• Cliché: [180]*
• Cliffhanger: [181]*
• The Climax: [182]*
• Clip Show: [183]*
• Clock Tower: [184]*
• Cloudcuckooland: [185]*. Also covers Cloudcuckoolander.
• Clown Car: [186]*
• Code Name: [187]*
• Cold-Blooded Torture: Torture
• Cold Reading: [188]*
• College Radio: Campus radio
• Colonized Solar System Space colonization
• Colony Drop: Impact event
• Colorblind Confusion: Color blindness
• Color Wash: Color grading
• Combos: [189]*
• Comeback Tomorrow: L'esprit de l'escalier
• Comes Great Responsibility: Noblesse oblige (Not exactly the same thing, but the same general concept).
• Comfort Food: [190]*
• Comically Cross-Eyed: Esotropia, see also Strabismus
• Comic-Book Time: Floating timeline
• Coming of Age Story [191]* Also Bildungsroman
• Commie Nazis: Red fascism, National Bolshevism, Strasserism
• Common Law Marriage: Common-law marriage
• Common Knowledge: List of common misconceptions
• Common Tongue: Lingua franca
• Commune: [192]*
• Company Town: [193]*
• Compensated Dating: Enjo kōsai
• Composite Character: [194]*
• Computer-Generated Images: Computer-generated imagery
• Computer Virus: [195]*
• Conceit: Central conceit
• Concept Album: [196]*
• Concept Art: [197]*
• Concepts Are Cheap: Glittering generality
• Cone of Shame: Elizabethean collar
• Confessional: Sacrament of Penance, [198]*
• Confession Cam: Reality TV confessional
• The Confidant: Confindant
• Confirmation Bias: [199]*
• Confirmed Bachelor: Bachelor, He never married
• Conflict: [200]*
• Conjoined Twins: [201]*
• Conlang: Constructed language
• The Conscience: Conscience
• Conscription: [202]*
• Conspicuous Consumption: [203]*
• Conspiracy Theorist: Conspiracy theory*
• Constrained Writing: [204]*
• Constructive Criticism: [205]*
• Contortionist: Contortion
• Control Freak: [206]*
• Convicted by Public Opinion: Court of public opinion & Trial by media
• Co-Op Multiplayer: Cooperative gameplay
• Cop Hater: Anti-police sentiment
• Copy Protection: [207]*
• The Coroner: [208]*
• Corporal Punishment: [209]*
• Corporate Warfare: [210]*
• Corpsing: [211]*
• Corrupted Data: Data corruption
• Corrupt Politician: Political corruption
• Cosmic Egg: World egg
• Cosmic Horror Story: Lovecraftian horror
• Cosplay: [212]*
• Cosplay Café: Cosplay restaurant (along with Butlers café and Maid café)
• Counter-Earth: [213]*
• Counting Sheep: [214]*
• Country Matters: Cunt
• Countrystan: -stan
• The Coup: Coup d'état
• Courier: [215]*
• Court Jester: Jester
• Courtly Love: [216]*
• Cowboy: [217]*
• Cow Tipping: [218]*
• Cram School: [219]*
• Crawl: News ticker
• Crazy Cat Lady: Cat lady
• Creation Myth: [220]*
• Creepy Shadowed Undereyes: Periorbital dark circles
• Cringe Comedy: [221]*
• Crippling Overspecialization: Overspecialization
• Crisis of Faith: [222]*
• Critical Hit: [223]*
• Crocodile Tears: [224]*
• Crop Circles: [225]*
• Crosscast Role: Travesti (theatre)
• Crossdresser: [226]*
• Crossover: [227]*
• Crossword Puzzle: Crossword
• Crowd Surfing: [228]*
• Crystal Ball: [229]*
• Crystal Skull: [230]*
• The CSI Effect: [231]*
• Cthulhumanoid: List of squid-faced humanoids
• Cucoloris: [232]*
• Cue the Flying Pigs: Flying pig
• Cult: [233]*
• Cult Classic: Cult film
• Cult of Personality: [234]*
• Cultural Cringe: [235]*
• Cultural Translation: Dub localization
• Culture Clash: Cultural conflict
• Cup Holders: [236]*
• Cure Your Gays: Conversion therapy
• Curse: [237]*
• Curse of the Pharaoh: Curse of the pharaohs
• The Cutie: Cuteness
• Cutscene: [238]*
• Cyanide Pill: Suicide pill
• Cyberbullying: [239]*
• Cyberpunk: [240]*
• Cyborg: [241]*
• Cyclops: [242]*
• Cymbal-Banging Monkey: Cymbal-banging monkey toy
• The Cynic: Cynicism (philosophy)
• Cypher Language: Substitution cipher

D

• Daddy DNA Test: DNA paternity testing
• Dagwood Sandwich: [243]*
• Damned by Faint Praise: Damning with faint praise
• Damn You, Muscle Memory!: Negative transfer (memory)
• Damsel in Distress: [244]*
• Dance Sensation: Novelty and fad dances
• Dangerous Orbital Debris: Kessler syndrome
• Dating Service Disaster: Catfishing
• The Dandy: Dandy
• Date Rape: [245]*
• Davy Jones: Davy Jones' Locker
• Dead Air: [246]*
• Dead to Begin With: Bangsian fantasy
• Deadly Gas: List of highly toxic gases
• Dead Man's Hand: [247]*
• Deadpan Snarker, Sarcasm Mode: Sarcasm
• Deal with the Devil: [248]*
• "Dear John" Letter: [249]*
• Deathbed Confession: [250]*
• Death Is Cheap: Comic book death
• Death March: [251]*
• Death Ray: [252]*
• Death Row: [253]*
• Death Trap: [254]*
• Decapitation Strike: [255]*
• Deconstruction: [256]*
• Decoy Protagonist: False protagonist
• Deep-Fried Whatever: Deep frying
• Deflector Shields: [257]*
• Dehumanization: [258]*
• Déjà Vu: [259]*
• Deleted Scene: [260]*
• Dem Bones: Skeleton (undead)
• Demonic Possession: [261]*
• Demonization: [262]*, see also Demonizing the enemy
• Department of Redundancy Department: Redundancy (linguistics)
• Deprogram: [263]*
• Desert Warfare: [264]*
• Deserted Island: Desert island
• Designer Babies: [265]*
• Destroy the Evidence: Spoilation of evidence
• Determinator: Determination
• Deus ex Machina: [266]*
• Deuteragonist: [267]*
• Development Hell: [268]*
• Dhampyr: Dhampir
• Diagonal Speed Boost: Chebyshev Distance
• Dialogue Tree: Dialog tree
• Died During Production: List of television performers who died during production
• Diesel Punk: Dieselpunk
• The Dictatorship: Dictatorship
• Digital Avatar: Avatar (computing)
• Digital De-Aging: [269]
• Dirty Bomb: [270]*
• Dirty Coward: Cowardice
• Dirty Communists: Criticism of communist party rule
• Discount Card: [271]*
• Disneyfication: [272]*
• Disposable Sex Worker: Violence against prostitutes
• Distinction Without a Difference: [273] *
• Distress Call: Distress signal
• Divine Right of Kings: [274]* and Mandate of Heaven
• Divorce in Reno: Divorce mill and Mexican divorce (the latter for a specific case of this)
• MissingEpisode.Doctor Who: Doctor Who missing episodes
• TheNthDoctor.Doctor Who: Regeneration (Doctor Who)
• Doctor Whomage: List of Doctor Who parodies
• Does Not Like Men: Misandry
• A Dog Ate My Homework: [275]*
• Dogfaces: [276] *
• Doing It for the Art: Art for art's sake
• Domed Hometown: Domed city
• Domestic Abuse: Domestic violence
• Domino Mask: [277]*
• The Don: Boss (crime)
• Do Not Adjust Your Set: Broadcast signal intrusion
• Don't Make Me Take My Belt Off!: Belting (beating)
• Doomsday Device: [278]*
• Doo-Wop Progression: '50s progression
• Doppelgänger: [279]*
• Double Agent: [280]*
• Double Consciousness: [281]*
• Double Entendre: [282]*
• Double Meaning: One type of semantic syllepsis.
• Double Standard: [283]*
• Double Reverse Quadruple Agent: Re-doubled agent
• Doublethink: [284]*
• Downloadable Content: [285]*
• Draft Dodging: Draft evasion
• Dragon Lady: [286]*
• The Dragonslayer: [287]*
• Dragons Prefer Princesses: Princess and Dragon
• Drag Queen: [288]*
• Dramatic Reading: Oral interpretation
• Dream Land: Dream world (plot device)
• Dress Code: [289]*
• Drinking Game: [290]*
• Drive-In Theater: [291]*
• Driven to Suicide: Suicide
• Driving Stick: Manual transmission
• Droit du Seigneur: [292]*
• Droste Image: Droste effect
• Druid: [293]*
• Drunk Driver: [294]*
• Drunken Boxing: [295]*
• Dueling Scar: [296]*
• Dueling Works - Film: Twin films
• Dumb Blonde: Blonde stereotype#Dumb blonde
• Dump Months: [297]*
• Dutch Angle: [298]*
• Dynamic Difficulty: Dynamic game difficulty balancing
• Dysfunctional Family: [299]*
• Dyson Sphere: [300]*
• Dystopia: [301]*

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