Trope

Word TROPE
Character 5
Hyphenation trope
Pronunciations /tɹəʊp/

Definitions and meanings of "Trope"

What do we mean by trope?

A figure of speech using words in nonliteral ways, such as a metaphor. noun

A word or phrase interpolated as an embellishment in the sung parts of certain medieval liturgies. noun

In rhetoric, a figurative use of a word; a word or expression used in a different sense from that which properly belongs to it, or a word changed from its original signification to another for the sake of giving spirit or emphasis to an idea, as when we call a stupid fellow an ass, or a shrewd man a fox. noun

In Gregorian music, a short cadence or closing formula by which particular melodies are distinguished. Also called differentia and distinctio. noun

In liturgics, a phrase, sentence, or verse occasionally accompanying or interpolated in the introit, Kyrie, Gloria in Excelsis, Sanctus, and Agnus Dei in different parts of the Western Church. Since the sixteenth century tropes have no longer been used. noun

A geometrical singularity, the reciprocal of a node. noun

The use of a word or expression in a different sense from that which properly belongs to it; the use of a word or expression as changed from the original signification to another, for the sake of giving life or emphasis to an idea; a figure of speech. noun

The word or expression so used. noun

Something recurring across a genre or type of literature, such as the ‘mad scientist’ of horror movies or ‘once upon a time’ as an introduction to fairy tales. Similar to archetype and cliché but not necessarily pejorative. noun

A figure of speech in which words or phrases are used with a nonliteral or figurative meaning, such as a metaphor. noun

A short cadence at the end of the melody in some early music. noun

A phrase or verse added to the mass when sung by a choir. noun

A pair of complementary hexachords in twelve-tone technique. noun

A cantillation. noun

To use, or embellish something with a trope. verb

Language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense noun

Something recurring across a genre or type of art or literature, such as the ‘mad scientist’ of horror movies or the use of the phrase ‘once upon a time’ as an introduction to fairy tales; a motif.

A figure of speech in which words or phrases are used with a nonliteral or figurative meaning, such as a metaphor.

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Musical senses.

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Despite the erroneous definitions already published here, TROPE on the interwebs really refers to an often overused plot device. It can also be described as another variation on the same theme. TV shows, movies, comics, games, anime', & books are full of tropes & many rabid fan-sites now name & track said tropes with a self-explanatory title for each one. Not all tropes are bad, until Hollywood gets stuck on one. Urban Dictionary

An overused, nearly meaningless word worn out by pretentious twits, much like paradigm. See hackneyed and vacuous. Urban Dictionary

A type of fish... born when a trout a carp and a roach has a threesome, or when a trout a carp and a roach swim into each other a VERY high speeds thus fusing together forming a trope. trope may also come to being through radiation... the trope feed on kinkylicious sandwiggy's that are fed to them by coop (the 11th definition) who is the brookstar's slave. Urban Dictionary

A wanna be hoe but aint nothing but a bitch. Urban Dictionary

To fall, destroy, make less, ruin. Urban Dictionary

A person who acts like a slut but really isn't one Urban Dictionary

Person who carries themself as a slut but really isnt Urban Dictionary

A notably addictive wiki where thousands of tropes and idioms throughout creative works are collected, defined, and expanded. Though it originally only focused on tropes within television shows (hence the name), it now covers literature, comic books, anime, manga, western animation, video games, film, webcomics, web animation, music, and others. Unlike Wikipedia (which "tropers" call "The Other Wiki"), there is no such thing as notability on TV Tropes. Urban Dictionary

TV Tropes is a wiki that collects and expands descriptions and examples on various conventions and devices (tropes) found within creative works. Since its establishment in 2004, the site has gone from covering only television and film tropes to also covering those in a number of other media such as literature, comics, video games, and even things such as advertisements and toys. The nature of the site as commentary about pop culture and fiction has attracted attention and commentary from several web personalities and blogs. The content was published as free content from April 2008, and changed its license over the years to one allowing noncommercial distribution. Urban Dictionary

Urban Dictionary, but better Urban Dictionary

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The word "trope" in example sentences

While we doubt that use of the term trope has actually scared off would-be adherents of trope-theory, it cannot hurt to have an accurate, suggestive, single descriptive expression for tropes of given degrees. ❋ Bacon, John (2008)

Likewise, this trope is an easy way to examine geneder roles without having to necessarily do as much heavy lifting. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Rather like same-sex union itself, then, the trope is a kind of 'elective affinity,' and one without which there would surely be no representation, no poetry, and perhaps nothing to blush about. ❋ Unknown (2006)

Drawn from the Greek tropein, to turn, the trope is a perversion, a breaking of rules, a seduction of language from its proper course. ❋ Unknown (2006)

My Best Friend's Wedding, Cody had no intentions of replaying what she calls the "trope" of the woman who is desperate to reclaim her lost love while the man who's right for her languishes before her eyes. ❋ Unknown (2011)

PROS: A respectable (and accessible) examination of reality; the "Many Worlds" trope is put to good use. ❋ Unknown (2009)

A "strong trope" is a use of language (whether in individual lines or phrases or the poem as a whole) so powerful in its implications that, as he puts it in another book, it creates meaning that "could not exist without" it and produces an "excess or overflow" that "brings about a condition of newness." ❋ Unknown (2010)

Warp depletion: As a trope is overused within a genre, the expectation that it “might happen” may become certainty — that it “will happen”. ❋ Hal Duncan (2009)

The rough, tough, gruff trope is stolen from In the Red by the late Mark Tavener, an early stalwart of the Liberal Revue. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The “liberals refuse to teach phonics” trope is a fiction. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Anyway, the whole Libertarian 'government = terrorism' trope is tiresome. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The problem with time travel as a stand-alone trope is that it's almost impossible to do well, as you point out in the question. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Whether someone else assumes he said it, or merely uses it as a rhetorical trope, is not evidence. ❋ Unknown (2010)

March 6th, 2010 at 7: 30 am and Morgan, since there are ample cases of death penalties carried out that are found out later to have been in error, or death row inmates found to be in fact innocent, your “statistical black swan” trope is just rhetorical but inaccurate framing. ❋ Unknown (2010)

This is becoming a familiar trope from the progressive wing of the Democratic Party. ❋ Alan Gottlieb (2010)

To that end, the "Many Worlds" trope is put to good use, though the subsequent use of time travel is less inspired. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Ah. See, my attitude about the magic trope is that I'd rather you hand-waved over the explanation by just openly asserting that "magick happens here" than try to bullshit me with some warmed-over crackpot theory that my four-year-old could refute, or worse, with some transparently techno-jazzhanded gibberish loosely translated from "magick happens here." ❋ Unknown (2010)

Q: Did you see "Brokeback Mountain"? A: That film just used the "[Bury Your Gays]" trope to make it dramatic. You know, where a gay character has to always die in the story. Girl: When is Hollywood gonna get tired of the "Friendly Neighborhood Vampire" trope? Guy: I blame Angel & Spike. Girl: I blame [the Count] on Sesame Street. Guy: Nah, [Count Chocula] totally invented that scene. ❋ LakotaGirl (2010)

A trope can remind us of [Lear] or [Gilligan's Island]. [Take your pick]. ❋ Pompous Jerk (2017)

north [atlantic] trope[deep sea] tropescotish trope [freash] water tropetropeical troperainbow tropeghost tropebrown trope ❋ Yratt (2006)

[Kirby] Raclow ❋ WhiteBiotchSlappa (2004)

[Dude], you just [troped] your [dankies]! (see: dankies) ❋ J Begg (2005)

Crystalle [Gaudet] ❋ Mike (2004)

[Ashley] [Gaulin] ❋ Ganksta*Bitch (2004)

TV Tropes [will] [ruin] [your life]. ❋ JohnnyLurg (2011)

TV Tropes initially focused on the television show [Buffy the Vampire Slayer], and has since increased its scope to include thousands of other series, films, novels, plays, [professional wrestling], video games, anime, manga, comic strips and books, fan fiction, and many other subjects, including Internet works such as Wikipedia, which is referred to in-wiki as "The Other Wiki". It has also used its informal style to describe topics such as science, philosophy, politics, and history under its Useful Notes section. TV Tropes does not have [notability] standards for the works it covers. ❋ The Centurion (2014)

TV Tropes: *tells often [good definition]* [Urban Dictionary]: [S E X] ❋ Backwards Toilet Paper (2021)

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