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* Moist von Lipwig fell into this trope in ''[[Discworld (Literature)/Making Money|Making Money]]'' when he was attempting to talk his way around Captain Carrot's [[Exasperated Perp]] tactic by telling Carrot that he knows what he's trying to do to him. Carrot then promptly thanked him... for informing him that he's quite familiar with that tactic and thus implying his rather shady criminal past. Whoops!

* In ''[[The Diamond Age]]'', Inspector Chang returns Hackworth's top hat, saying that he got it from a suspect. Hackworth thanks Chang for having "arrested him" despite Chang not having mentioned anyone being arrested, inadvertently admitting that the hat was stolen from him. He had wanted to keep the theft a secret, because the thieves had also stolen from him an illegal copy of the Primer that he had made.

* ''[[America the Book]]'' has [[Footnote Fever|a footnote]] listing countries where the U.S. has carried out secret/illegal military operations, ending with "[[Canada Eh|Cana-]]... we've said too much."

* ''[[America the Book]]'' has [[Footnote Fever|a footnote]] listing countries where the U.S. has carried out secret/illegal military operations, ending with "[[Canada, Eh?|Cana-]]... we've said too much."

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{{quote| '''Stephen:''' Oh, my. I have misjudged him. And perhaps said too much.}}

** This was common when he was on ''[[The Daily Show]]'', too. Several installments of "Even Stevphen" ended with him and Steve Carell having turned the topical "debate" of the day into a thinly-veiled or not-at-all-veiled discussion of their personal lives.

{{quote| '''Steve:''' ''[on why Elian Gonzalez shouldn't go back to Cuba]'' Well, isn't it obvious, Stephen? A delicate boy like that shouldn't be with his father. I mean, think about it. If he goes there and lives with his father, you know what he's gonna hear. [[When You Coming Home Dad|"No, Elian, Daddy can't go camping this summer, things are just too crazy at work,"]] or, [[Billy Elliot Plot|"No son of mine is going to take pottery class,"]] or, [[Why Couldn't You Be Different|"Why aren't you tougher? You get beat up in school, you fight back! You don't go crying to the principal like a wussy little girl! Suck it up! Suck it up! Suck it up]], [[Freudian Slip|Steve!"]]}}

{{quote| '''Steve:''' ''[on why Elian Gonzalez shouldn't go back to Cuba]'' Well, isn't it obvious, Stephen? A delicate boy like that shouldn't be with his father. I mean, think about it. If he goes there and lives with his father, you know what he's gonna hear. [[When You Coming Home, Dad?|"No, Elian, Daddy can't go camping this summer, things are just too crazy at work,"]] or, [[Billy Elliot Plot|"No son of mine is going to take pottery class,"]] or, [[Why Couldn't You Be Different?|"Why aren't you tougher? You get beat up in school, you fight back! You don't go crying to the principal like a wussy little girl! Suck it up! Suck it up! Suck it up]], [[Freudian Slip|Steve!"]]}}

* ''~30 Rock~'':

{{quote| '''Jack''': Lemon, we have a problem.<br />

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