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Make sure the trope name means something on its own.
== And Doesn't Mean Something Else ==
Related to the Three-Letter Abbreviations issue, there are some phrases that already have generally-accepted meanings in [[Real Life]], and if your trope name is one of those phrases, people are going to think of the real-world meaning before they think of your meaning.
As an example, consider Mr. Miyagi from ''[[The Karate Kid]]'': he's a martial-arts master, and he's old. So he's an "old master", right? Well, no. In Real Life, an [[wikipedia:Old Master|Old Master]] is a European "painter of skill" who worked before the 18th century, or an artwork from such an artist. So "old master" is a bad name for an elderly martial-arts master, no matter what [[The Other Tropes Wiki]] thinks.
Before you commit yourself to using a particular title, do a web search on it. Chances are that you won't get any results, but if you do — especially if you get a Wikipedia match for it — make sure your name actually means what you think it means... and if it ''doesn't'' mean what you think it means, pick a different title.
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