The Other Troper
#2: Nov 26th 2010 at 8:07:19 AM
Plus the latter is a clear snowclone, which wasn't an issue when I brought up that trope before, but it is now.
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DoktorvonEurotrash
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#3: Nov 26th 2010 at 9:37:42 AM
Do snowclones count when they're puns on pre-existing terms? Even if we didn't (for whatever reason) have a page for Upper-Class Twit, Upper-Class Wit would be a good pun.
I thought snowclones were hated because of the interminable "our X are different" and "everything X-er with Y", not because of the occasional self-explanatory pun.
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#4: Nov 26th 2010 at 3:56:43 PM
"Snark" and "wit" aren't really the same thing.
The Other Troper
#5: Nov 26th 2010 at 7:40:55 PM
"Do snowclones count when they're puns on pre-existing terms?"
They can be.
Also, I find it odd that a trope about people known for their witty sayings is not named for one of these people's witty sayings.
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Gentleman Snarker is a Deadpan Snarker with Blue Blood; Upper-Class Wit is an Upper-Class Twit with a sense of humour. Seem to be the same trope approached from different angles, as far as I can tell.