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* From ''[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7831829/1/bLooming_b_bDarkness_b Looming Darkness]'' we have [[Big Bad|Dark]] [[Evil Twin|Link]] quoting this almost word for word in chapter 9.
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* Played straight in the [[Stanley Kubrick]] film ''[[Paths of Glory]]''.
* ''[[Dial M for Murder]]''
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* Inverted in the Z-Man Productions card game ''Bell-Bottomed Badasses on the Mean Streets of Funk''. "Extortion is such an ugly word. Me & the brothas prefer ''black''mail"
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* One of the examples given in the song "I Love a Film Cliche" from ''[[A Day in Hollywood, A Night in the Ukraine]]'' is the trope name, word-for-word.
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* [[Sdrawkcab Name|Nilvac and Sebboh]], from ''[[Calvin and Hobbes: The Series]]'', react this way to being called "evil". They prefer "dark".
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* In ''[[Atlantis: The Lost Empire]],'' Milo accuses the others on the expedition of being mercenaries, only to be told they "prefer the term 'adventure capitalist.'"
* In sequels to ''[[Aladdin (Disney film)|Aladdin]]'', it's nearly Iago's catchphrase to say "Hate/traitor is such a strong word".
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{{quote|{{spoiler|'''Clark:''' So this whole thing as been a scam?
'''Carmine:''' This is an ugly word, 'scam.' This is business. If you want to be in business, this is what you do.}} }}
* ''[[Chinatown]]'':
{{quote|'''Gittes:''' She was cheating on him. Were you?
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=== Web Comics ===
* ''[[Schlock Mercenary]]'' is in this category too, as seen [https://www.schlockmercenary.com/2005-11-17 here]:
{{quote|'''Petey:''' "Spy" is such a short ugly word. I prefer "espionage". Those three extra syllables really ''say'' something.}}
** Then Kathryn [http://www.schlockmercenary.com/2013-01-29 argues that she didn't steal the ship]. With its previous captain. (Alexia finds it amusing because they were compensated later, and because it was not nearly the worst part of that mess).
* ''[[The Order of the Stick]]''
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=== Web Original ===
* Similarly, [http://forums.joltonline.com/showthread.php?583264-Is-Obama-a-failure-as-a-president&p=14503988&viewfull=1#post14503988 this post]{{Dead link}} on the (now disused) old [[NationStates]] forums, memorialised in someone's signature:
{{quote|''Extortion is such a nasty word.''
''I much prefer "magnolia". "Magnolia" is a much nicer word.'' }}
* [http://wiki.rpg.net/index.php/File:MPost12935-60261929db.jpg This] demotivator. They're not pirates, they're ''preemtive nautical salvage experts''.
* [http://www.theonion.com/articles/genocide-is-such-a-harsh-word,10797/ Genocide is such a harsh word...]
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