The Scottish Trope: Difference between revisions

* Perhaps [http://i54.tinypic.com/2i2298x.jpg this] sums it up in a somewhat disturbing and/or scary manner.<ref>[[Don't Explain the Joke|The computer crashed because he had visited the page about The Scottish Trope]].</ref>

 

* Frequently, objects that conjure up negative associations are subject to this trope; one of the most frequent is the place (and the specific appliance used) where people eliminate waste. The most frequently used words for them are often evocative of other tasks to be done in about the same area - haircare (toilet), cleaning (bathroom, washroom, lavatory) or a central point for water flow in general (water closet and its translations/abbreviations). Moreover, the [[wikipedia:Euphemism treadmill|euphemism treadmill]] eventually results in those words becoming similarly taboo, which results in new phrasing for the purpose of preserving this trope.

* To get around the [[Banned in China|Great Firewall of China]], some websites that reference Tiananmen Square/ the June Fourth Incident will refer to the event as "you know when, you know where." [[It Makes Sense in Context|In the context of a given site, it's pretty obvious what they are talking about.]] Also a case of [[Getting Crap Past the Radar]].