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- 1-Up: Life (video games)
- 12 Coins Puzzle: Balance Puzzle
- 13 Is Unlucky: Triskaidekaphobia
- 15 Minutes of Fame: [1]*
- 15 Puzzle: [2]*
- 1000 Origami Cranes: One thousand origami cranes
- 2½D: [3]*
- 2 + Torture = 5: 2 + 2 = 5
- 24-Hour News Networks: 24-hour news cycle
- 419 Scam: Advance-fee scam
- 420, Blaze It: 420 (cannabis culture)
- 555: 555 (telephone number)
- '50s Hair: Hairstyles in the 1950s
- '80s Hair: Hairstyles in the 1980s
- 90% of Your Brain: Ten percent of the brain myth
A
- Abandoned War Child: War children
- Abandonware: [4]*
- Abdicate the Throne: Abdication
- Abilene Paradox: [5]*
- AB Negative: ABO blood group system
- Above the Influence: Sexual abstinence
- Absent-Minded Professor: [6]*
- Abstract Strategy Game [7] *
- Absurdly Elderly Mother: Pregnancy over age 50
- Ab Urbe Condita: [8]*
- Abusive Offspring: Parental abuse by children
- Abusive Parents: Child abuse
- A cappella: [9]*
- Accidental Art: Found object
- Accidental Murder: Involuntary manslaughter
- Accomplice by Inaction: Accessory (legal term)
- Ace Pilot: Flying ace
- Achievement System: Achievement (video games)
- Achilles' Heel: [10]*
- Acid Attack: [11]*
- Acme Products: Acme Corporation
- Acquired Poison Immunity: Mithridatism
- Acquired Situational Narcissism: [12]*
- Acronym and Abbreviation Overload: Wikipedia:WTF? OMG! TMD TLA. ARG!
- Acting for Two: Dual role
- Action Girl: Women warriors in literature and culture, List of female action heroes and villains, Strong female character
- Action Hero: [13]*
- Act of Sabotage: Sabotage
- A-Cup Angst, Buxom Beauty Standard, D-Cup Distress: "Body image" subsection of Breast
- Ad Bumpers: Bumper (broadcasting)
- Ad Hominem: [14]*
- Adjective Animal Alehouse: Pub names
- Adult Adoptee: Japanese adult adoption
- Advert-Overloaded Future: Ad creep
- An Aesop: Moral
- Afraid of Blood: Blood phobia
- Afraid of Needles: Fear of needles
- Age-Gap Algebra: Age disparity in sexual relationships
- The Ageless: Eternal youth and Biological immortality
- Agent Provocateur: [15]
- Agony of the Feet: Diseases of the foot
- Airborne Aircraft Carrier: [16]*
- Air Guitar: [17]*
- Air Jousting: Dogfight
- Airport Novel: [18]*
- Air Quotes: [19]*
- A.I. Is a Crapshoot: AI takeover
- Akashic Records: [20]*
- Alan Smithee: [21]*
- Albinos Are Freaks: Albinism in popular culture
- Albums Index: [22]
- Album Single: Single (music)
- The Alcatraz: Alcatraz Island in popular culture
- The Alcoholic: Alcoholism
- Alcubierre Drive: [23]*
- The Alibi: [24]*
- Alice and Bob: [25]*
- Alien Abduction: [26]*
- Alien Autopsy: [27]*
- Alien Geometries: Non-Euclidean geometry
- Alien Invasion: [28]*
- Alien Space Bats: [29]*
- All Bikers Are Hells Angels: Outlaw motorcycle club, Hells Angels
- All Cavemen Were Neanderthals: Caveman
- All Gays Are Pedophiles: Societal attitudes toward homosexuality: Association with child abuse and pedophilia, LGBT grooming conspiracy theory
- All Girls Want Bad Boys: Bad boy (archetype),Rake (character), Hybristophilia
- All-Loving Hero: Agapism
- The Alleged Car: Decrepit car, List of automobiles known for negative reception
- Allegory: [30]*
- All Trolls Are Different: Troll
- Alphabet Song: Alphabet song
- Alpha Bitch: Queen Bee (sociology)
- Altar Diplomacy: Marriage of state
- Alternate History: [31]*
- Alternate-History Nazi Victory: Hypothetical Axis victory in World War II
- Alternate Universe: Parallel universe (fiction)
- Amabie: Amabie*
- Amanojaku: Amanojaku*
- Ambiguous Syntax: Synactic ambiguity
- Ambulance Chaser: Ambulance chasing. See also Barratry
- Amen Break: [32]*
- America Takes Over the World: American Imperialism
- Ammunition Detonation: Sympathetic Detonation
- Amoral Attorney: Shyster
- Amphibious Automobile: Amphibious vehicle
- Anachronism Stew: Anachronism
- Anadiplosis: Anadiplosis*
- Analog vs. Digital: Comparison of analog and digital recording
- Anal Probing: [33]*
- Anaphora: [34]*
- Anarcho-Tyranny: Managerial state
- Ancestor Veneration: [35]
- Ancient Astronauts: [36]*
- ...And 99¢: Psychological pricing
- And Now You Must Marry Me: Forced marriage
- And You Thought It Would Fail: Predictions of the end of Wikipedia, Predictions of the end of Google, Wikipedia:Before they were notable
- Angry Guard Dog: Guard dog
- Angst: [37]*
- Animal Stereotypes: Stereotypes of animals
- Animal Testing: [38]*
- Animesque: Anime-influenced animation
- Anorgasmia: [39] *
- Answer Song: [40]*
- Antagonist: [41]*
- Anthology Film: [42]
- Anthropic Principle [43] *
- Anthropomorphic Personification: Anthropomorphism
- The Antichrist: [44]*
- Anti-Intellectualism: [45]*
- Anti-Hero: [46]*
- Antidisestablishmentarianism: [47]
- Anti-Humor: [48]*
- Antimatter: [49]*
- Anti-Villain: Sympathetic villain
- Anxiety Dreams: [50]*
- Apocalypse Cult: Doomsday cult
- Apocalypse Day Planner: List of dates predicted for apocalyptic events
- Appeal to Worse Problems: Fallacy of relative privation
- Appropriated Appellation: Reappropriation
- Arcadia: [51]*
- Archangel Gabriel: Gabriel
- Archangel Michael: Michael
- Archangel Raphael: Raphael
- Archangel Uriel: Uriel
- Arch-Enemy: [52]*
- Area 51: [53]*
- Arcology: [54]*
- An Arm and a Leg: Amputation
- Arms Dealer: Arms industry and Arms trafficking
- Arranged Marriage: [55]*
- Art Deco: [56]*
- Artificial Gravity: [57]*
- Artificial Intelligence: [58]* and Artificial general intelligence
- Artificial Limbs: Prosthesis
- Artificial Meat: Cultured meat
- Artificial Stupidity: [59]*
- Artistic License: [60] *
- ASCII Art: [61]*
- Asian Fox Spirit: [62]*
- Asian Lion Dogs: Chinese guardian lions
- Ascend to a Higher Plane of Existence: Entering heaven alive
- Ashcan Copy: [63] *
- Asmodeus: [64] *
- Aspect Ratio: [65]*
- Assassination Attempt: List of people who survived assassination attempts
- Association Fallacy: [66]*
- Asteroid Miners: Asteroid mining
- Astral Projection: [67]*
- AstroTurf: Astroturfing
- Atlantis: [68]*
- Attention Deficit... Ooh, Shiny!: Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
- Attention Whore: Attention seeking
- Auction: [69]*
- Ax-Crazy: Borderline personality disorder,Insanity
- Augmented Reality: [70]*
- Author Avatar: Author surrogate
- Autocannibalism: Self-cannibalism
- Automated Automobiles: Autonomous car
- Auto-Save: [71]*
- Auto-Tune: [72]*
B
- Baby Talk: [73]*
- Back from the Dead: Resurrection
- Background Music: [74]*
- Backhanded Apology: Non-apology apology
- Backstory: [75]*
- The Backwards Я: Faux Cyrillic
- Badass Boast: Boasting
- Bag of Holding: Magic satchel
- Bait-and-Switch: [76]*
- Bait the Mole: Although they call it by a different name.
- Bakeneko and Nekomata: Bakeneko, Nekomata
- Baku: Baku (mythology)
- Balkanize Me: [77]
- Balloonacy: Cluster ballooning
- Balloon Belly: Abdominal distension and Bloating
- Banana Peel: Banana peel: In comical context
- Banana Republic: [78]*
- Bandit Clan: Banditry
- Bank Robbery: [79]*
- Bankruptcy Barrel: [80]*
- Banned Episode: Category:Television episodes pulled from general rotation
- Banned in China: Censorship by country
- Barbarian Tribe: Barbarian
- Based on a Dream: List of works based on dreams
- Basilisk and Cockatrice: Basilisk and Cockatrice
- HoYay.Batman: Homosexuality in the Batman franchise
- Bathos: [81]*
- Battering Ram: [82]*
- Battle Cry: [83]*
- Battle Royale Game: [84]*
- Bayonet Ya: Bayonet
- The Bear: [85]*
- The Beard: Beard (companion)
- Bears Are Bad News: Bear danger and Bear attack
- Beast Fable: [86]*
- Beat: [87]*
- ReferencedBy.The Beatles: Cultural impact of the Beatles
- Beatnik: [88]*
- Beauty Contest: Beauty pageant
- Bed Trick: [89]*
- Beehive Hairdo: Beehive (hairstyle)
- Beginner's Luck: [90]*
- Believing Their Own Lies: Self-deception
- Belligerent Sexual Tension: Sexual tension
- Benevolent A.I.: Friendly artificial intelligence
- The Bermuda Triangle: [91]*
- Berserk Button: Pet peeve
- Bespectacled Cutie: Glasses Fetishism (since deleted; link is NSFW)
- Bestiality Is Depraved: Zoophilia
- Beware of Hitchhiking Ghosts: Vanishing hitchhiker
- BFG: [92]*
- Big Bad: [93]*
- The Big Bad Wolf: [94]*
- Big Brother Bully: Sibling abuse
- Big Dumb Object: [95]*
- Big Eater: Gourmand
- Big Electric Switch: Knife switch
- Bigfoot, Sasquatch, and Yeti: Bigfoot and Yeti
- Bigger Than Jesus: More popular than Jesus (Although it should be noted that our article covers the Stock Shout-Out/Stock Parody of the controversy, whereas Wikipedia covers the actual events themselves.)
- Bile Fascination: Hate-watching
- Binary Suns: Binary star
- Bindle Stick: Bindle
- Bio Punk: [96]*
- Bird People: List of avian humanoids
- Birthday Buddies: Birthday problem
- Bishōnen: [97]*
- Bishōnen Jump Syndrome: Odagiri effect
- Bite the Wax Tadpole: Brand blunder
- Black-and-White Morality: Good and evil
- Black Box: [98]*
- Black Cap of Death: Black cap
- Black Comedy: [99]*
- The Black Death: [100]*
- Black Dude Dies First: Section in Racism in horror films
- Blackface: [101]*
- Black Helicopter: [102]*
- Black Knight: [103]*
- Black Magic: [104]*
- Blackmail: [105]*
- Black Market: [106]*
- Black Sheep: [107]*
- Black Site: [108] *
- Black Spot: [109]*
- Blaming "The Man": [110]*
- Blaming the Victim: Victim blaming
- Blank Slate: Tabula rasa
- Blatant Lies: Barefaced lie
- Blessing: Blessing
- Blind Date: [111]*
- Blind Musician: [112]*
- Blipvert: [113]*
- Blitz Evacuees: Evacuations of civilians in Britain during World War II
- Bluebird of Happiness: [114]*
- Blue Blood: Nobility
- Blob Monster: Slime (monster)
- Blood from the Mouth: Hemoptysis
- Blood on the Debate Floor: Legislative violence
- Blood Sport: [115]*
- Blooper: [116]*
- Blow Gun: [117]*
- Boarding Party: Naval boarding
- Boarding School: [118]*
- Body Horror: [119]*
- Body Paint: Body painting
- Body Sushi: Nyotaimori
- Boke and Tsukkomi Routine: Manzai
- Bomb Disposal: [120]*
- Bond Gun Barrel: Gun barrel sequence
- Bonus Stage: [121]*
- Booby Trap: [122]*
- Book Burning: [123]*
- The Book Cipher: [124]*
- Book Safe: Concealing objects in a book
- Bookworm: Bibliophilia
- Boomerang Bigot: Internalized oppression
- Boss Battle: Boss (video gaming)
- Boss Button: Boss key*
- Bothering by the Book: Work-to-rule, Malicious compliance
- Bottle Episode: [125]*
- Bouncer: [126]*
- Bounty Hunter: [127]*
- Bourgeois Bohemian: Limousine liberal and Radical chic (United States), Champagne socialist (United Kingdom), Chardonnay socialist (Australia/New Zealand), Gauche caviar (France)
- Bowdlerise: Expurgation
- Box-Office Bomb: [128]*
- Boy Band: [129]*
- Brain–Computer Interface: [130]*
- Brain Drain: Human capital flight
- Brain Fever: [131]*
- Brain Food: Brain as food
- Brain Freeze: Ice cream headache
- Brain in a Jar: Brain in a vat (this article is specifically about the Lotus-Eater Machine variant) and Isolated brain
- Brain Transplant: [132]*
- Brain Uploading: Mind uploading
- Brainwashed: Mind control
- Brand Name Takeover: Generic trademark
- Bread and Circuses: [133]*
- Breakout Character: List of breakout characters
- Breathable Liquid: Liquid breathing
- Brick Break: Breaking (martial arts)
- Bring It: Beckoning sign
- British Humour: [134]*
- British Royal Guards: Queen's Guard
- Brits Love Tea: Tea in the United Kingdom
- Broken Record: Assertiveness: Broken record
- Bronson Canyon and Caves: Bronson Canyon
- Brown Note: [135] *
- Buccaneer Broadcaster: Pirate radio
- Bulletproof Vest: [136]*
- Bullet Time: [137]*
- The Bully: Bullying
- Bullying the Disabled: Disability abuse
- Bulverism: [138]*
- Burger Fool: McJob
- Burial at Sea: [139]*
- Burial in Space: Space burial
- Buried Alive: Premature burial
- "Burly Detective" Syndrome: Elegant variation as applied to character descriptions
- Bury Your Gays: [140]*
- But Not Too Black: Discrimination based on skin color: Examples of African American Colorism
- Byronic Hero: [141]*
- Bystander Syndrome: Bystander effect
C
- Cabin Fever: [142]*
- Cake Toppers: Wedding cake topper
- Calacas: [143]*
- Calculator Spelling: [144]*
- The Caligula: Caligula, List of mentally ill monarchs
- Call-Back: Callback (comedy)
- Calling Card: [145]*
- Caltrops: [146]*
- CamelCase: [147]*
- The Cameo: Cameo appearance
- Camp: [148]*
- Camp Straight: Metrosexual
- Canis Latinicus: Dog Latin
- The Can Kicked Him: List of people who died on the toilet
- Cannon Fodder: [149]*
- Canon: [150]*
- The Caper: Caper story
- Capitalism Is Bad: Criticism of capitalism
- The Captivity Narrative: [151]*
- The Cardinal Virtues: [152]*
- Cargo Cult: [153]*
- Cargo Ship: Object sexuality
- Carpe Diem: [154]*
- The Cartel: Drug cartel
- The Casino: [155]*
- Cassandra Truth: Cassandra (metaphor)
- Casting Couch: [156]*
- Catch-22 Dilemma: Catch-22 (logic)
- Catchphrase: [157]*
- Catfishing: [158] *
- Cat Girl: [159]*
- Caught on the Jumbotron: Kiss cam
- Celebrity Endorsement: Celebrity branding
- Cel Animation: Traditional animation
- Cel Shading: [160]*
- Cement Shoes: [161]*
- Censor Box: Censor bars
- Centipede's Dilemma: [162]*
- Central Theme: Theme (narrative)
- Cessation of Existence: Eternal oblivion
- Chain Letter: [163]*
- The Chain of Command: Command hierarchy
- The Chain of Harm: Kick the cat
- Chainsaw Good: Chainsaws in popular culture
- Chalk Outline: [164]*
- Changeling Tale: Changeling
- Channel Hop: Network change, List of television series that changed networks
-
Character Alignment: Alignment (Dungeons & Dragons) - Character Customization: Character creation
- Character Development: Character arc
- Chariot Race: Chariot racing
- Cheese-Eating Surrender Monkeys: [165]*
- Cheesy Moon: The Moon is made of green cheese
- Chekhov's Gun: [166]*
- Chewbacca Defense: [167]*
- Chiaroscuro: [168]*
- Chicken-and-Egg Paradox: Chicken or the egg
- Chicken Joke: Why did the chicken cross the road?
- The Chikan: [169]*
- Childhood Brain Damage: Childhood acquired brain injury
- Child by Rape: Pregnancy from rape
- Childish Pillow Fight: Pillow fight
- Child Popstar: [170]
- Child Prodigy: [171]*
- Child Soldiers: Military use of children
- Chinese Vampire: Jiangshi
- Ching Chong: [172]*
- Choke Holds: Chokehold
- Christianity Is Catholic: Catholic Church
- Christmas Creep: [173]*
- Christmas Elves: Christmas elf
- Christmas in July: [174]*
- Chroma Key: [175]*
- Chronic Backstabbing Disorder: Betrayal
- Chuunibyou: [176]*
- Chupacabra: [177]*
- Circassian Beauty: Circassian beauties
- City Planet: [178]
- City Slicker: [179]*
- Civil War: [180]*
- Clamshell Currency: Shell money
- The Clan: [181]*
- Classical Elements: Classical Element
- Classical Tongue: Classical language
- Classified Information: [182]*
- Class Representative: Class president
- Class Reunion: [183]*
- Class Struggle: Class conflict
- Class Trip: Field trip
- Claustrophobia: [184]*
- Cliché: [185]*
- Cliffhanger: [186]*
- The Climax: [187]*
- Clip Show: [188]*
- Clock Tower: [189]*
- Cloudcuckooland: [190]*. Also covers Cloudcuckoolander.
- Clown Car: [191]*
- Code Name: [192]*
- Cold-Blooded Torture: Torture
- Cold Reading: [193]*
- College Radio: Campus radio
- Colonized Solar System Space colonization
- Colony Drop: Impact event
- Colorblind Casting: [194]*
- Colorblind Confusion: Color blindness
- Color Wash: Color grading
- Combos: [195]*
- Comeback Tomorrow: L'esprit de l'escalier
- Comes Great Responsibility: Noblesse oblige (Not exactly the same thing, but the same general concept).
- Comfort Food: [196]*
- Comically Cross-Eyed: Esotropia, see also Strabismus
- Comic-Book Time: Floating timeline
- Coming of Age Story [197]* Also Bildungsroman
- Commie-Nazis: Red fascism, National Bolshevism, Strasserism
- Common Law Marriage: Common-law marriage
- Common Knowledge: List of common misconceptions
- Common Tongue: Lingua franca
- Commune: [198]*
- Company Town: [199]*
- Compensated Dating: Enjo kōsai
- Composite Character: [200]*
- Computer-Generated Images: Computer-generated imagery
- Computer Virus: [201]*
- Conceit: Central conceit
- Concept Album: [202]*
- Concept Art: [203]*
- Concepts Are Cheap: Glittering generality
- Cone of Shame: Elizabethean collar
- Confessional: Sacrament of Penance, [204]*
- Confession Cam: Reality TV confessional
- The Confidant: Confindant
- Confirmation Bias: [205]*
- Confirmed Bachelor: Bachelor, He never married
- Conflict: [206]*
- Conjoined Twins: [207]*
- Conlang: Constructed language
- The Conscience: Conscience
- Conscription: [208]*
- Conspicuous Consumption: [209]*
- Conspiracy Theorist: Conspiracy theory*
- Constrained Writing: [210]*
- Constructive Criticism: [211]*
- Contortionist: Contortion
- Control Freak: [212]*
- Converting for Love: Marital conversion
- Convicted by Public Opinion: Court of public opinion & Trial by media
- Co-Op Multiplayer: Cooperative gameplay
- Cop Hater: Anti-police sentiment
- Copy Protection: [213]*
- The Coroner: [214]*
- Corporal Punishment: [215]*
- Corporate Warfare: [216]*
- Corpsing: [217]*
- Corrupted Data: Data corruption
- Corrupt Politician: Political corruption
- Cosmic Egg: World egg
- Cosmic Horror Story: Lovecraftian horror
- Cosplay: [218]*
- Cosplay Café: Cosplay restaurant (along with Butlers café and Maid café)
- Could Say It, But...: Apophasis
- Counter-Earth: [219]*
- Counting Sheep: [220]*
- Countrystan: -stan
- The Coup: Coup d'état
- Courier: [221]*
- Court Jester: Jester
- Courtly Love: [222]*
- Cowboy: [223]*
- Cow Tipping: [224]*
- Cram School: [225]*
- Crawl: News ticker
- Crazy Cat Lady: Cat lady
- Creation Myth: [226]*
- Creepy Shadowed Undereyes: Periorbital dark circles
- Cringe Comedy: [227]*
- Crippling Overspecialization: Overspecialization
- Crisis of Faith: [228]*
- Critical Hit: [229]*
- Crocodile Tears: [230]*
- Crop Circles: [231]*
- Cross-Cast Role: Travesti (theatre)
- Crossdresser: [232]*
- Crossover: [233]*
- Crossword Puzzle: Crossword
- Crotch-Glance Sex Check: Sex assignment at birth
- Crowd Surfing: [234]*
- Crystal Ball: [235]*
- Crystal Skull: [236]*
- The CSI Effect: [237]*
- Cthulhumanoid: List of squid-faced humanoids
- Cucoloris: [238]*
- Cue the Flying Pigs: Flying pig
- Cult: [239]*
- Cult Classic: Cult film
- Cult of Personality: [240]*
- Cultural Cringe: [241]*
- Cultural Translation: Dub localization
- Culture Clash: Cultural conflict
- Cup Holders: [242]*
- Cure Your Gays: Conversion therapy
- Curse: [243]*
- Curse of the Pharaoh: Curse of the pharaohs
- Cute Aggression: [244]*
- Cute Monster Girl: Monster girl
- Cute Slime Mook: Slime (monster)
- The Cutie: Cuteness
- Cutscene: [245]*
- Cyanide Pill: Suicide pill
- Cyberbullying: [246]*
- Cyberpunk: [247]*
- Cyborg: [248]*
- Cyclops: [249]*
- Cymbal-Banging Monkey: Cymbal-banging monkey toy
- The Cynic: Cynicism (philosophy)
- Cypher Language: Substitution cipher
D
- Daddy DNA Test: DNA paternity testing
- Dagwood Sandwich: [250]*
- Damned by Faint Praise: Damning with faint praise
- Damn You, Muscle Memory!: Negative transfer (memory)
- Damsel in Distress: [251]*
- Dance Sensation: Novelty and fad dances
- Dangerous Orbital Debris: Kessler syndrome
- Dating Service Disaster: Catfishing
- The Dandy: Dandy
- Date Rape: [252]*
- Davy Jones: Davy Jones' Locker
- Dead Air: [253]*
- Dead Man's Switch: [254]*
- Dead to Begin With: Bangsian fantasy
- Deadly Gas: List of highly toxic gases
- Dead Man's Hand: [255]*
- Deadpan Snarker, Sarcasm Mode: Sarcasm
- Deal with the Devil: [256]*
- "Dear John" Letter: [257]*
- Deathbed Confession: [258]*
- Death Is Cheap: Comic book death
- Death March: [259]*
- Death of Personality: Ego death
- Death Ray: [260]*
- Death Row: [261]*
- Death Trap: [262]*
- Decapitation Strike: [263]*
- Deconstruction: [264]*
- Decoy Protagonist: False protagonist
- Deep-Fried Whatever: Deep frying
- Deflector Shields: [265]*
- Dehumanization: [266]*
- Déjà Vu: [267]*
- Deleted Scene: [268]*
- Dem Bones: Skeleton (undead)
- Democracy Is Bad: Criticism of democracy
- Demonic Possession: [269]*
- Demonization: [270]*, see also Demonizing the enemy
- Department of Redundancy Department: Redundancy (linguistics)
- Deprogram: [271]*
- Desert Warfare: [272]*
- Deserted Island: Desert island
- Designer Babies: [273]*
- Destroy the Evidence: Spoilation of evidence
- Determinator: Determination
- Deus ex Machina: [274]*
- Deuteragonist: [275]*
- Development Hell: [276]*
- Dhampyr: Dhampir
- Diagonal Speed Boost: Chebyshev Distance
- Dialogue Tree: Dialog tree
- Died During Production: List of television performers who died during production
- Diesel Punk: Dieselpunk
- The Dictatorship: Dictatorship
- Digital Avatar: Avatar (computing)
- Digital De-Aging: [277]
- Dine and Dash: [278]*
- Dirty Bomb: [279]*
- Dirty Coward: Cowardice
- Dirty Communists: Criticism of communist party rule
- Discount Card: [280]*
- Disneyfication: [281]*
- Disposable Sex Worker: Violence against prostitutes
- Distinction Without a Difference: [282] *
- Distress Call: Distress signal
- Divine Right of Kings: [283]* and Mandate of Heaven
- Divorce in Reno: Divorce mill, Mexican divorce, Reno, Nevada#The divorce capital of the world (the second for a specific case of this)
- MissingEpisode.Doctor Who: Doctor Who missing episodes
- TheNthDoctor.Doctor Who: Regeneration (Doctor Who)
- Doctor Whomage: List of Doctor Who parodies
- Does Not Like Men: Misandry
- A Dog Ate My Homework: [284]*
- Dogfaces: [285] *
- Do I Really Sound Like That?: Voice confrontation
- Doing It for the Art: Art for art's sake
- Domed Hometown: Domed city
- Domestic Abuse: Domestic violence
- Domino Mask: [286]*
- The Don: Boss (crime)
- Do Not Adjust Your Set: Broadcast signal intrusion
- Don't Make Me Take My Belt Off!: Belting (beating)
- Doomsday Clock: [287]*
- Doomsday Device: [288]*
- Doo-Wop Progression: '50s progression
- Doppelgänger: [289]*
- Double Agent: [290]*
- Double Consciousness: [291]*
- Double Entendre: [292]*
- Double Meaning: One type of semantic syllepsis.
- Double Standard: [293]*
- Double Reverse Quadruple Agent: Re-doubled agent
- Doublethink: [294]*
- Downloadable Content: [295]*
- Draft Dodging: Draft evasion
- Dragon Lady: [296]*
- The Dragonslayer: [297]*
- Dragons Prefer Princesses: Princess and Dragon
- Dramatic Reading: Oral interpretation
- Dream Land: Dream world (plot device)
- Dress Code: [298]*
- Drinking Game: [299]*
- Drive-In Theater: [300]*
- Driven to Suicide: Suicide
- Driving Stick: Manual transmission
- Droit du Seigneur: [301]*
- Droste Image: Droste effect
- Druid: [302]*
- Drunk Driver: [303]*
- Drunken Boxing: [304]*
- Dueling Scar: [305]*
- Dueling Works - Film: Twin films
- Dumb Blonde: Blonde stereotype#Dumb blonde
- Dump Months: [306]*
- Dutch Angle: [307]*
- Dynamic Difficulty: Dynamic game difficulty balancing
- Dysfunctional Family: [308]*
- Dyson Sphere: [309]*
- Dystopia: [310]*
