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Line 13: See also [[Overly Narrow Superlative]], which is often a specific form of '''Stealth Insult'''. Compare [[False Reassurance]]. Contrast [[Damned By Faint Praise]], which can sound like this trope but is intended to spare the target's feelings. {{examples}} Line 78: == Literature == * [[Harry Potter]], in ~~the~~ ''[[Harry Potter and ~~The~~the Half -Blood Prince (novel)\|~~sixth~~Harry ~~book~~Potter and the Half-Blood Prince]]'', drops a quick one on his [[Seers\|Divination teacher]], the notorious [[Not-So-Phony Psychic]] Sybill Trelawney: {{quote\|'''Sybill Trelawney''': Everything went pitch black and the next thing I knew, I was being hurled headfirst out of the Room! '''Harry Potter''': And you didn't see that coming? }}