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Examples of [[{{TOPLEVELPAGE}}]] in [[{{SUBPAGENAME}}]] include:
[[File:zeltrons_love_luke_814.jpg|frame| Strict No Gays policy? Huh?]]
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*** Well, that and the strong implication in both novel and 1941 film that Peter Lorre's character Joel Cairo and the "gunsel," Wilmer, are having a homosexual affair. Also this line from the novel, about the gunsel: "The boy spoke two words, the first [[Narrative Profanity Filter|a short guttural verb]], the second 'you.'"
** Not literature, but relevant: [[Deadpool]] refers to himself as a "gunsel" multiple times in Joe Kelly's run--probably intentionally, and quite likely referencing this incident.
* [[Discworld|Terry Pratchett]] engages in this frequently but normally it's not so jarring as they are adult books. But there was a notable occurrence in ''[[
{{quote|'''The Toad:''' Oh, ''croap''!
'''Tiffany''': Pardon?
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** Also later in the book the Toad says "shoap". And the Nac Mac Feegle's favourite: "Crivens!" As well as their "Pisht", which one of Tiffany's more "proper" witch teachers is ''assured'' means "tired".
*** That's possibly a play on "tired and emotional", libel-dodging [[Common Newspaper Words|journalese]] used (especially by ''[[Private Eye]]'') for someone, usually a politician or celebrity, being drunk in public. This happens to Hacker in one episode of ''[[Yes Minister]]''.
** There's at least one instance of literal crap.: in ''[[Men at Arms]]'' Detritus the troll (who are made out of stone) uses "coprolith" (fossilised turd) instead.
*** And in the same book, Detritus also gives us "In Anhk-Morpork even der ''shit'' gets a street to itself. Truly dis is a land of opportunity."
** There's also Lance-Constable Sally Von Humpeding's real name -- aside from the "von ''Humpeding''" in the first place, her first name is ''"Salacia"''. There is ''no possible way'' that wasn't deliberate.
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*** In the previous book, Hera refers to Percy as "one of Posideon's... [[Last-Second Word Swap|children]]". Percy comments that it's pretty obvious she had a different word in mind.
* In [[The Golden Dream of Carlo Chuchio]] there is a surprisingly realistic description of human trafficking without ''quite'' describing what was [[I Have You Now, My Pretty|intended for the heroine]].
== Short Stories ==
* The Mark Twain story "The Story of Grandfather's Old Ram" features a narrator who gets so sidetracked he falls asleep before finishing his story. That's fortunate, because the story appears to be about how his grandfather was [[Unusual Euphemism|given the gift of]] [[Nightmare Fuel|unexpected sex]] when he bent down to pick up a coin.
== Print Media ==
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