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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mel O&#039;Drama" data-source="post: 440927" data-attributes="member: 23">I don't think I'd heard of this trope until now. I just looked it up and read through some examples. It happens so often it makes perfect sense that it has a name... but it never occurred to me that it did before now. (Also, when I first saw it written, I pronounced the first syllable like "math(s)" but it turns out it's "bay" (so it rhymes with "pathos"). <img src="https://smileyshack.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/smileyslaughing_lol_hehe_100-102.gif?w=145&h=150"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":giggle:" title="Giggle    :giggle:" data-shortname=":giggle:" /> I applaud you for daring to say the quiet part out loud.</blockquote>