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== Literature ==

* Referring to any of the books of ''[[The Inheritance Cycle]]'' as a "[[Doorstopper|brick]]" can ''actually get you in trouble with the staff'' in some quarters. But in other places, even on fansites, the staff call them "bricks" too, but used as a term of affection rather than, well, ridicule and scorn.

* In Mary Shelley's ''[[Frankenstein (novel)|Frankenstein]]; or, The Modern Prometheus'', Victor Frankenstein constructs and brings to life [[Frankenstein's Monster|his Creature]] or, if you prefer, Monster. The Creature itself is never named. Thanks to scads of largely terrible films, comics and stage plays, people have been using the term "Frankenstein" to refer to his Creature (and being criticized for it) since the 19th century. Yup, [[Older Than Radio]].

** There was a throwaway joke in the first book were the Weasley twins were given sweaters with their initials on them. This prompted them to say they wouldn't forget their names, they are Gred and Forge. The fandom took this joke and ran with it, nearly every fic about the two of them has one of them refer to the other by this nickname. And almost all of them get it wrong. They mistakenly call Fred Gred and George Forge. But it's the other way around as the joke was that they remembered what the first letter of their names were (presumably because it was on their sweater) but it was the rest that they got confused on. Meaning Fred was Forge and George was Gred.

* The eponymous entity in the [[Cthulhu Mythos]] has a name that will never have an agreed pronunciation (especially since Lovecraft himself used no fewer than three different pronunciations depending on when you asked him), and each pronunciation has a following that will ridicule and shun those who pronounce it differently.

* In the presence of hardcore [[Lewis Carroll|Carrollians]], never refer to the Hatter as the Mad Hatter, or to the Jabberwock as the [[I Am Not Shazam|Jabberwocky]].

 

== Live-Action TV ==