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GastonRabbit Sounds good on paper (he/him) from Robinson, Illinois, USA (General of TV Troops) Relationship Status: I'm just a poor boy, nobody loves me
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#1: Feb 28th 2023 at 6:28:49 AM

Tropes on the These Tropes Should Watch Their Language often attract misuse, with tropes whose names reference a specific word, like Precision F-Strike, N-Word Privileges, and This Is for Emphasis, Bitch!, attracting misuse for any usage of that word.

As an example, from a now-closed TRS thread for Precision F-Strike from FernandoLemon (written by him):

Precision F-Strike is a trope about the usage of swearing to denote a dramatic or serious moment, either in a work that normally doesn't feature it, or by a character that rarely swears. However, as shown by this wick check, only about 7% of the examples are used correctly, with a large majority instead referencing any instance of swearing in a work regardless of context or how common an occurrence it is. The trope has also become a Pothole Magnet, as it is often sinkholed to any usage of "fuck" when quoting a work.

Discussion among the mod team leaned toward moving things to a cleanup thread, and using the Trope Description Improvement Drive for clarity issues with descriptions.

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FernandoLemon Nobody Here from Argentina (Troper Knight) Relationship Status: In season
#2: Feb 28th 2023 at 6:41:05 AM

Thanks for moving examples of Breaking Point Swearing back.

Edited by FernandoLemon on Feb 28th 2023 at 11:41:22 AM

I'd like to apologize for all this.
GastonRabbit Sounds good on paper (he/him) from Robinson, Illinois, USA (General of TV Troops) Relationship Status: I'm just a poor boy, nobody loves me
Sounds good on paper (he/him)
#3: Feb 28th 2023 at 6:54:03 AM

[up]No problem.

A different mod brought up the issues with the description I mentioned, so that part might not be something I handle myself since I haven't looked into it myself.

Edited by GastonRabbit on Feb 28th 2023 at 8:55:03 AM

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Tabs Since: Jan, 2001
#4: Mar 4th 2023 at 4:25:32 PM

I guess Precision F-Strike can be cleaned up of zero-context examples and obvious misuse. I assume mentions and potholes in other entries aren't necessarily wrong, since they're part of the context for other entries.

Berrenta How sweet it is from Texas Since: Apr, 2015 Relationship Status: Can't buy me love
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#5: Mar 28th 2023 at 5:23:38 AM

As for other tropes in the index: I removed some cases of N-Word Privileges on Series.Sanford And Son and the YMMV page because it's just "n-word is used".

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