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The inverse of [[Hold Your Hippogriffs]] and [[Oh My Gods]], it's when someone uses an expression which could not possibly have come into use, due to [[Speculative Fiction]] history preventing the etymology from taking place, making it an instance of [[Inexplicable Cultural Ties]]. "Jeez" or variants are the most commonly seen words which invoke this trope. Another form of this trope happens in [[Historical Fiction]] and the like, with words and phrases that aren't supposed to have come into use yet. This is most often used with words which are [[Newer Than They Think]], or when people in the year 700 BC [[Temporal Paradox|refer to the present time as "700 BC"]].
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Another variant of this trope is used [[Played for Laughs|for humor]], such as yelling out "Jesus Christ!" in front of the real Jesus, who will usually assume that He is being addressed.
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== Anime ==
* In the English dub of ''[[Inuyasha]]'', there's an episode where he remarks, "We've all got our own cross to bear." This is set before Christianity was introduced to Japan.
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