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- Eagleland: Stereotypes of Americans
- Eagleland Osmosis: Americanization
- Earworm: [1]*
- Easter Bunny: [2]*
- Easter Egg: [3]*
- Eastern Zodiac: Chinese zodiac
- Eat Dirt, Cheap: Geophagia
- Eating Contest: Competitive eating
- Eat the Rich: [4]*
- Eco-Terrorist: Eco-terrorism
- Ectoplasm: Ectoplasm (paranormal)
- Education Mama: Kyōiku mama
- Eek, a Mouse!!: Fear of mice
- Egging: [5]*
- The EGOTs: [6]*
- Ejection Seat: [7]*
- Element No. 5: Aether (classical element)
- Elder Abuse: [8]*
- Elderly Blue-Haired Lady: Blue rinse
- Election Denial: [9]
- Elective Monarchy: [10]*
- Electric Torture: Electrical injury#Torture
- Electronic Eyes: Visual prosthesis
- Elephant in the Living Room: Elephant in the room
- Elephant Graveyard: [11]*
- Eleventy Zillion: Indefinite and fictitious numbers
- Elmuh Fudd Syndwome: Rhotacism (speech impediment)
- Elopement: [12]*
- El Spanish "-o": Mock Spanish
- Elvis Impersonator: [13] *
- Emancipated Child: Emancipation of minors
- Embarrassing Damp Sheets: Nocturnal enuresis
- Emergency Services: [14]*
- Emoticon: [15]*
- EMP: Electromagnetic pulse
- Emperor Scientist: Technocracy
- Employee of the Month: Employee of the month (program)
- Empty Nest: Empty nest syndrome
- Endangered Pest: Perverse incentive, subheading "Environmental and wildlife protection"
- Endangered Species: [16]*
- The End of the World as We Know It: Global catastrophic risk
- Enemy Mine: The enemy of my enemy is my friend
- Energy Weapon: Directed-energy weapon
- English Rose: English rose (epithet)
- Enhanced Interrogation Techniques: [17]
- Enlightened Self-Interest: [18]*
- Ensemble Cast: [19] *
- Environmental Narrative Game: Walking simulator
- Ephebophile: [20]*
- Epic Flail: Flail (weapon)
- Epigraph: [21]*
- Epiphora: [22]
- Epistolary Novel: [23]*
- Escapism: [24]*
- Estate Sale: Estate Sale and Estate Liquidation
- Ethnic God: National god and Ethnic religion
- "Eureka!" Moment: Eureka effect
- The Everyman: [25]*
- Everything Except Most Things: Overwhelming exception
- Everything Is Online: Internet of things
- Evil, Inc.: Evil corporation
- Evil Is Sterile: Absence of good
- Evil Laugh: Evil laughter
- Evil Lawyer Joke: Lawyer joke
- Evil Overlord: Dark Lord (fiction)
- Evil Twin: [26]*
- Evolutionary Pressure Cooker: Gu (poison) and Kodoku
- Exact Words: Quibble (plot device)
- Examples Are Not Recent: Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Dates and numbers#Chronological items and Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Words to watch#Relative time references
- Excalibur: [27]*
- Exactly What It Says on the Tin: Does exactly what it says on the tin
- Exergaming: [28]*
- Exhausted Eye Bags: Periorbital puffiness
- Existential Horror: Existential crisis
- Expanded Universe: [29]*
- Expansion Pack: [30]*
- Experience Points: [31]*
- External Combustion: Car bomb
- Extra Digits: Polydactyly
- Extreme Libido: Hypersexuality, Sexual addiction
- Extremophile Lifeforms: Extremophile
- Eyelid Pull Taunt: Eyelid pull, Akanbe
F
- Fabula and Sujet: Fabula and syuzhet
- Face: [32]*
- Facecam: SnorriCam
- Face Framed in Shadow: Rembrandt lighting
- Face–Heel Turn, Heel–Face Turn: Defection
- Face on a Milk Carton: Missing-children milk carton
- Facepalm: [33]*
- Facial Recognition Software: Facial recognition system
- Fading into the Next Song: Segue
- Fainting: Syncope (medicine)
- The Fair Folk: Fairy
- Fairy Devilmother: Wicked fairy godmother
- Fairy Godmother: [34]*
- Fairy Ring: [35]*
- Fake Memories: False memory
- Fake Orgasm: [36]*
- Fake Shemp: [37]*
- Fake Town: Potemkin village
- Faking the Dead: Faked death
- Fallen Angel: [38]*
- Fallen States of America: American decline
- False Confession: [39]*
- False Dichotomy: False dilemma
- False Flag Operation: False flag
- False Prophet: [40]*
- False Rape Accusation: False accusation of rape
- Familiar: Familiar, Shikigami
- Family Business: [41]*
- Family Honor: [42]*
- Family of Choice: [43]*
- Famous for Being Famous: [44]*
- Fan Convention: [45]*
- Fan Edit: [46]*
- Fanfare: [47]*
- Fanservice: [48]*
- Fan Community Nicknames: List of fandom nicknames
- Fandom VIP: [49]
- Fantastic Religious Weirdness: List of religious ideas in science fiction and List of religious ideas in fantasy fiction
- Fan Translation: [50] *
- Farce: [51]*
- The Farmer and the Viper [52]*
- Farts on Fire: Fart lighting
- Fashion Show: [53]*
- Faster-Than-Light Travel: Faster-than-light
- Fat Camp: Weight loss camp
- Fat Suit: [54]*
- Fatal Method Acting: List of entertainers who died during a performance and List of television actors who died during production
- Fauns and Satyrs: Faun and Satyr
- FBI Agent: Federal Bureau of Investigation
- Fear of Thunder: Astraphobia
- Fearsome Critters of American Folklore: [55]
- Feathered Serpent: [56]*
- Feel No Pain: Congenital insensitivity to pain
- Feghoot: [57]*
- Fell Off the Back of a Truck: Possession of stolen goods or Handling stolen goods (focusing on what the buyers of those goods do) and Fence (criminal) (focusing on what the sellers do).
- Female Misogynist: Internalized sexism
- Fembot: [58]*
- Femme Fatale [59]*
- Fictional Colour: Impossible color, List of fictional colors
- Fictional Political Party: List of fictional political parties
- Field Promotion: Brevet (military) and Battlefield promotion
- Fiery Redhead: Red hair#Beliefs about temperament
- Fiery Salamander: Salamanders in folklore and legend
- Le Film Artistique: Art film (though most of our examples are in-universe parodies)
- Filmi Music: Filmi
- Finagle's Law: [60]*
- Final Death Mode: Permadeath
- Final Girl: [61]*
- Final Solution: [62] *, Genocide
- Financial Abuse: Economic abuse
- Finger Gun: [63]*
- Fire-Breathing Weapon: Flamethrower
- Firing in the Air a Lot: Celebratory gunfire
- Firmament: [64]
- First Contact: First contact (science fiction) and Potential cultural impact of extraterrestrial contact
- First-World Problems: [65]*
- Fisher King: Wasteland (mythology)
- Fish-Eye Lens: [66]*
- Fish Eyes: Exotropia, see also Strabismus
- Fist Pump: [67]*
- Five-Finger Fillet: Knife game
- Five-Second Rule: "Five Second" Rule
- Five Stages of Grief: Kübler-Ross model
- Flanderization: [68]*
- The Flapper: [69]*
- Flare Gun: [70]*
- Flashback: [71]*
- Flatline: Asystole
- Flat World: Flat Earth
- The Flatwoods Monster: [72]*
- Flaying Alive: Flaying
- Fleur-de-lis: Fleur-de-lis
- Flipping the Bird: The finger
- Floating Continent: Floating island (fiction)
- Florence Nightingale Effect: [73]*
- Flying Car: [74]*
- Flying Dutchman: [75]* and Wandering Jew
- Flying Saucer: [76]* and Unidentified flying object
- Flyover Country: [77] *
- Foil: [78]
- Folk Hero: [79]*
- Folk Punk: [80]*
- Follow the Bouncing Ball: Bouncing ball (music)
- Food Coma: [81]
- Food Fight: [82]*
- Food Porn: [83]*
- A Fool and His New Money Are Soon Parted: Sudden wealth syndrome
- The Fool: Fool (stock character)
- Football Hooligans: Football hooliganism
- Forced Out of the Closet: Outing
- Forced Overwork: [84]
- Forced Perspective: [85]*
- Force Feeding: [86]*
- Forensic Accounting: [87]*
- Foreshadowing: [88]*
- Forever War: Perpetual war
- Forgiveness: [89]*
- Fortune Teller: Fortune-telling
- Found Footage Films: Found footage (film technique)
- Four Is Death: Tetraphobia
- Four-Leaf Clover: [90]*
- Four-Temperament Ensemble: Four temperaments
- Four Terms Fallacy: Fallacy of four terms
- Fourth Wall: [91]*
- Fox-Chicken-Grain Puzzle: Wolf, goat and cabbage problem
- Fractured Fairy Tale: Fairy tale parody
- Frame-Up: [92]*
- Framing Device: Frame story
- The Freakshow: [93]*
- "Freaky Friday" Flip: Body swap
- Free-Range Children: Latchkey kid and Free-range parenting
- Freemium: [94]*
- Free Prize at the Bottom: Cereal box prize
- Freeware Games: List of freeware video games
- French Maid: [95]*
- Freudian Slip: [96]*
- Freudian Trio: Id,_ego_and_super-ego
- Friday Night Death Slot: [97]*
- Frivolous Lawsuit: Frivolous litigation
- Full Bleed: Bleed (printing)
- Full-Frontal Assault: Nudity in combat
- Functional Magic: Magic (paranormal)
- The Fundamentalist: Fundamentalism
- Fundoshi: [98]*
- Funny Animal: [99]*
- Fun with Acronyms: Backronym
- The Future: [100]*
- Futuristic Jet Injector: Hypospray
G
- The Gadfly: Social gadfly
- Gallows Humor: [101]*
- The Gambling Addict: Problem gambling
- Game Master: [102]*
- Game Mod: Mod (video gaming)
- Game Over: [103]*
- Gameplay and Story Segregation: Ludonarrative dissonance
- Gangbangers: Gang
- Gangland Drive-By: Drive-by shooting
- Gangsta Style: Side grip
- Garage Sale: [104]*
- Gas Chamber: [105]*
- Gashadokuro: [106]*
- Gaslamp Fantasy: [107]*
- Gaslighting: [108]*
- Gatling Good: Rotary cannon (see also Gatling gun)
- Gayborhood: Gay Village
- Gay Conservative: LGBT conservatism
- Gaydar: [109]*
- Gayngst-Induced Suicide: LGBT-related suicides and Suicide among LGBT youth
- Gaze: [110]*
- Geas: [111]*
- Geek: [112]*
- Geisha: [113]*
- Gendercide: [114]*
- Generation Ships: [115]*
- Generational Trauma: Transgenerational trauma
- Genetic Memory: [116]*
- Genre-Busting: [117]*
- Gentleman Detective: [118]*
- Gentleman Thief: [119]*
- Germans Love David Hasselhoff: Big in Japan (phrase)
- Get-Rich-Quick Scheme: [120]*
- The Ghost: Unseen character
- Ghostapo: Occultism in Nazism, Esoteric Nazism
- Ghost in the Machine: [121]*
- Ghost Leg Lottery: Ghost Leg*
- Ghost Ship: [122]*
- Ghost Town: [123]* (also see List of ghost towns by country)
- Giant Squid: [124]*
- Gimmick: [125]*
- Gingerbread House: [126]*
- Girl Group: [127]*
- Girl Next Door: [128]*
- Girls Have Cooties: Cooties
- Girls with Moustaches: Bearded lady (see also Hirsutism)
- Girly Girl: [129]*
- Gladiator Games: Gladiator
- Glasgow Grin: Glasgow smile
- Glass Eye: Ocular prosthesis
- Global Currency: World currency
- The Glomp: Glomp
- Goal-Oriented Evolution: Orthogenesis
- God: [130]*
- A God Am I: Grandiose delusions, God complex, Apotheosis, List of people who have been considered deities
- God-Emperor: Imperial cult
- God Is Dead: [131]*
- God of Thunder: Weather god
- Godwin's Law: [132]*
- Going Commando: [133]*
- Going Down with the Ship: The captain goes down with the ship
- Going Postal: [134]*
- Gold Digger: Gold digging
- Golden Mean Fallacy: Argument to moderation
- Golem: [135]*
- Good Angel, Bad Angel: Shoulder angel
- Goodbye, Cruel World!: Suicide note
- Good Cop/Bad Cop: [136]*
- Good Luck Charm: [137]*
- A Good, Old-Fashioned Paint Watching: Watching paint dry
- Good Versus Good Value pluralism
- Gorn: Graphic violence
- Gosh Dang It to Heck!: Minced oath
- Goth: Goth subculture
- Government in Exile: [138]*
- Grade Skipper: Grade skipping
- Grandfather Clause: [139]*
- Grandfather Paradox: [140]*
- Grandpa God: God the Father in Western Art
- Grave Robbing: Body snatching
- Gravity Is Only a Theory: Intelligent falling
- Greaser Delinquents: Greaser (subculture)
- Greasy Spoon: [141]*
- "Great Replacement" Conspiracy Theory: Great Replacement conspiracy theory, White genocide conspiracy theory, Eurabia
- Great White Hunter: White hunter
- Greed: [142]*
- Greek Chorus: [143]*
- Greek Fire: [144]*
- Green-Eyed Monster: Jealousy and Envy
- Grenade Launcher: [145]*
- Grey Goo [146]*
- The Greys: Grey alien
- Griefer: [147]*
- Grievous Bottley Harm: Glassing
- The Grim Reaper: Death (personification)
- Groin Attack: [148]*
- "Groundhog Day" Loop: Time loop
- Groupie: [149]*
- Growling Gut: Stomach rumble
- Guardian Angel: [150]*
- Guilt-Free Extermination War: War of annihilation
- Guilt-Tripping: Guilt trip
- Guilty Pleasures: [151]*
- Gunboat Diplomacy: [152]*
- The Gunslinger: Gunfighter
- Gutted Like a Fish: Disembowelment
- Gyaru Girl: Gyaru
H
- The Hacktivist: Hacktivism
- Hair-Trigger Temper: Intermittent explosive disorder
- Hallucinations: [153]*
- Hammerspace: [154]*
- The Hand Is God: Hand of God (art)
- Hand of Glory: [155]*
- Hand-Waving: [156]*
- Hanging Around: Hanging
- Hanging Judge: [157]*
- Happy Birthday to You!: [158]*
- Happy Ending: [159]*
- Hard Light: Solid light
- Harem Genre: Harem (genre)
- Harsh Vocals: Death growl (but the intro lists harsh vocals as a variant)
- The Hashshashin: Order of Assassins
- Hash House Lingo: Diner lingo
-
Hatedom: Anti-fan - Hates Being Touched: Haphephobia
- Hatsuyume: [160]*
- Haunted House: [161]*
- Have a Nice Cup of Tea and Sit Down: A nice cup of tea and a sit down
- Hazmat Suit: [162]*
- Headless Horseman: [163]*
- Heads or Tails?: Coin flipping
- Heads-Up Display: Head-up display
- Healing Factor: [164]*
- Heart Symbol: Heart (symbol)
- Heat Wave: [165]*
- Heaven: [166]*
- Heavenly Concentric Circles* [167]
- Heävy Mëtal Ümlaut: Metal umlaut
- The Hecate Sisters: Triple Goddess (Neopaganism)
- The Heckler: [168]*
- Hedge Maze: [169]*
- Heel: [170]*
- Held Back in School: Grade retention
- Helicopter Pack: Backpack helicopter
- Hell: [171]*
- Hellhound: [172]*
- He-Man Woman Hater: Misogyny
- Henohenomoheji: [173]*
- Hentai: [174]*
- Here There Be Dragons: Here be dragons
- Hermaphrodite: [175]*
- Hermetic Magic: Hermeticism
- The Hermit: [176]*
- The Hero: [177]*
- Heroic Mime: Silent protagonist
- The Hero's Journey: [178]*
- The Heretic: Heresy
- Hidden Track: [179]*
- Hideous Hangover Cure: Hangover food
- High-Voltage Death: Electrocution
- The Highwayman: [180]*
- Hijacked by Jesus: Christian interpolation
- Hikikomori: [181]*
- Hillbilly Horrors: Hixploitation
- Hime Cut: [182]*
- Hipster: [183]*
- Historical Fiction: [184]*
- History Repeats: Historic recurrence
- Hitler Ate Sugar: Reductio ad Hitlerum
- Hitler's Time Travel Exemption Act: Killing Baby Hitler
- Hitodama Light: Hitodoma
- Hive Mind: Group mind (science fiction)
- Hobbits: [185]*
- Holding Hands: [186]*
- Hollow World: Hollow Earth
- Hologram: Holography
- Holy City: [187]*
- Holy Halo: Halo (religious iconography)
- Holy Water: [188]*
- Homage: [189]*
- Home Field Advantage: Home advantage
- Homophobic Hate Crime: Violence against LGBT people
- Honest Axe: The Honest Woodman
- Honor-Related Abuse: Honor killing
- Honey Trap: Honeypots in espionage fiction
- Hooker with a Heart of Gold: [190]*
- Horror Comedy: Comedy horror
- Horse Archer: Mounted archery
- Horsemen of the Apocalypse: Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
- The Horseshoe Effect: Horseshoe theory
- Host Club: Host and hostess clubs
- Hotline: [191]*
- Hot Potato: [192]*
- Househusband: Stay-at-home-dad
- House Pseudonym: Collective names
- House Squatting: Squatting
- House Wife: [193]*
- Hoverboard: [194]*
- Human Cannonball: [195]*
- Human Chess: [196]*
- Human Disguise: Human guise
- Human-Interest Story: [197]*
- Humanity's Wake: Human extinction
- Human Popsicle: Cryonics
- Human Sacrifice: [198]*
- Human Shield: [199]*
- Human Traffickers: Human trafficking
- Hunting the Most Dangerous Game: Human hunting (Appearances in fiction)
- Hybrid Power: Heterosis
- Hyperfixation-Induced Error: Inattentional blindness
- Hypochondria: Hypochondriasis
- Hypocrite: Hypocrisy
- Hypothetical Fight Debate, Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny: Battleboarding
I
- I Am Very British: Received Pronunciation
- Ice Palace: [200]*
- I Know Your True Name: True name
- I Love the Dead: Necrophilia
- Idiot Plot: [201]*
- Idiot Savant: Savant syndrome
- Idle Animation: [202]*
- Idol Singer: Japanese idol
- Ignorant of Their Own Ignorance: Illusory superiority and Dunning-Kruger effect
- The Igor: [203]*
- I Have No Son!: Disownment
- The Illegal: Alien (law)
- I'll Kill You!: Death threat
- The Illuminati: [204]* [205]
- Image Macro: [206]*
- Imaginary Friend: [207]*
- I'm a Humanitarian: Cannibalism in popular culture
- An Immigrant's Tale: American immigrant novel (specifically US examples)
- Immortality: [208]*
- Impaled with Extreme Prejudice: Impalement
- Impersonating an Officer: [209]*
- Imprinting: [210]*
- In-Camera Effects: [211]*
- Indentured Servitude: Indentured servant
- Indie Game: [212]*
- Inferiority Superiority Complex: Inferiority complex and Superiority complex
- Infinite: Transfinite number
- Infinite Canvas: [213]*
- The Informant: [214]*
- The Ingenue: [215]*
- Inherently Funny Words: [216]*
- Inkblot Cartoon Style: Rubber hose animation
- Inkblot Test: Rorschach test
- In Medias Res: [217]*
- Insanity Defense: [218]*
- Inside Job: [219]*
- The Insomniac: Insomnia
- Inspirationally Disadvantaged: Inspiration porn
- Institutional Apparel: Prison uniform
- Insult Comic: Insult comedy
- Insurance Fraud: [220]*
- Interactive Movie: Interactive film
- Interfaith Smoothie: Syncretism
- Internal Affairs: [221]*
- Internal Monologue: [222]*
- International Coproduction: [223] *
- The Internet Is for Cats: Cats and the Internet
- Internet Jerk: Online disinhibition effect, Flaming (Internet), and Cyberbullying
- Interspecies Adoption: Interspecies family
- Interspecies Friendship: [224]*
- In the Future, Humans Will Be One Race: Race of the future
- In Touch with His Feminine Side: Effeminacy
- Introduced Species Calamity: Invasive species
- Intrusive Thoughts: Intrusive thought
- In Vino Veritas: [225]*
- Invisibility: [226]*, in fiction
- Invisibility Cloak: [227]* (see also Cloaking device)
- Invisible Wall: [228]*
- I Reject Your Reality: Denialism
- The Irish Mob: [229]*
- Ironic Name: Aptronym#Inaptronyms
- Iron Maiden: [230]*
- Irony: [231]*
- Irredentism: [232]*
- Isometric Projection: [233]*
- Italians Talk with Hands: Gesticulation in Italian
- Itasha: [234]*
- It Amused Me: Amusement
- It Can't Be Helped: Shikata ga nai
- It Kind of Looks Like a Face: Pareidolia,
- It's All About Me: Egoism, Egotism, Selfishness
- It's a Small Net After All: Closed platform
- It Was a Dark and Stormy Night: [235]*
- "I Want" Song: [236]*
- I Will Punish Your Friend for Your Failure: Collective punishment
- Iwo Jima Pose: Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima
J
- J'accuse!: [237]* (Article itself is about the letter described in the trope intro, but features a lengthy section on latter use in culture)
- Jack Frost: [238]*
- Jack the Ripoff: Copycat crime
- Japanese Ranguage: Perception of English /r/ and /l/ by Japanese speakers
- Jerkass: Rudeness
- The Jersey Devil: [239]*
- Jesus: The Early Years: Lost years of Jesus
- Jesus Was Crazy: Mental health of Jesus
- Jesus Was Way Cool: Religious perspectives of Jesus (Jesus in Islam and Judaism's view of Jesus), Jesuism, Red-Letter Christians
- Jet Pack: [240]*
- Jewish Mother: Jewish mother stereotype
- Jitter Cam: Shaky camera
- Job-Stealing Robot: Technological unemployment
- Jobber: Job (professional wrestling)
- Josei: Josei manga
- Juggalo: [241]*
- Jump Cut: [242]*
- Jumping the Shark: [243]*
- Jump Scare: [244]*
- Jungle Princess: Jungle Girl (stock character)
- Jungle Warfare: [245]*
- Jury Duty: [246]*
- Just Following Orders: Superior orders
- Just Giving Orders: Command responsibility
K
- Kaiju: [247]*
- Kamaitachi: [248]*
- Kangaroo Court: [249]*
- Kansas City Shuffle: [250]*
- Kappa: [251]*
- Karakasa: Kasa-obake
- Karaoke Box: [252]*
- Kayfabe: [253]*
- Keep Circulating the Tapes: Lost media
- Kensington Gore: Theatrical blood
- Kiai: [254]*
- Kigo: [255]*
- Killer App: Killer application
- Kill the God: Deicide
- Kill the Poor: Social cleansing
- Kimodameshi: [256]*
- King in the Mountain: [257]*
- The Kingslayer: Regicide
- Kirby Dots: Kirby krackle
- Kirin: Qilin
- Kirk's Rock: Vasquez Rocks
- Kishōtenketsu: [258]*
- Klaatu Barada Nikto: [259]*
- The Klan: Ku Klux Klan
- Klotski: [260]*
- Knight Errant: [261]*
- Knighting: Accolade
- Knights and Knaves: [262]*
- Knockout Gas: Sleeping gas
- Knowledge Broker: [263]*
- Knuckle Cracking: Cracking joints
- Kōan: [264]*
- Kodomomuke: Kodomo anime and manga
- Konami Code: [265]*
- Kosher Nostra: Jewish-American organized crime, Israeli mafia
- Kraken and Leviathan: Kraken and Leviathan
- The Krampus: [266]*
- Kubrick Stare: [267]*
- Kyu and Dan Ranks: Kyū and Dan (rank)
L
- Labcoat of Science and Medicine: White coat
- Land of Faerie: Fairyland
- Land of One City: City-state
- Landslide Election: Landslide victory
- Language Barrier: [268]*
- Lantern Jaw of Justice: Prognathism
- Laser Blade: Energy sword and Lightsaber
- Laser-Guided Amnesia: Amnesia
- Laser-Guided Karma: Karma and Poetic justice
- Last Stand: [269]*
- Late Pregnancy Realization: Cryptic pregnancy
- Latin Lover: [270]*
- Laugh Track: [271]*
- Layman's Terms: Plain English
- The Leader: Leadership
- Leatherman: Leather subculture
- Leeroy Jenkins: [272]*
- Leet Lingo: Leet
- Legacy Character: Legacy hero
- Legally Dead: Declared death in absentia
- Leitmotif: [273]*
- Lens Flare: Lens flare: Deliberate use
- Leonine Contract: Unconscionability
- Leprechaun: [274]*
- Lesbian Vampire: [275]*
- Lesser of Two Evils: Lesser of two evils principle
- Let's See YOU Do Better!: Courtier's reply
- Letterbox: Letterboxing (filming)
- Let There Be Snow: Snow dance
- Level Grinding: Grinding (video gaming)
- Ley Line: [276]*
- Lies to Children: [277]*
- Life Imitates Art: Life imitating art
- Life Imitates Art (Black Mirror: Nosedive): Nosedive (Black Mirror): Comparisons to Social Credit System
- Lima Syndrome: Stockholm syndrome#Lima syndrome
- Lighthouse Point: Lighthouse
- Limey Goes to Hollywood: Hollywood and the United Kingdom
- Liminal Being: [278]*
- Liminal Time: Liminality
- Limited Animation: [279]*
- Lipstick Lesbian: [280]*
- List Song: [281]*
- Lite Crème: Sensational spelling
- Literary Allusion Title: Book titles taken from literature and from Shakespeare
- Little Black Dress: [282]*
- Little Green Men: [283]*
- Live but Delayed: Broadcast delay
- Lives in a Van: Van-dwelling
- Living Dinosaurs [284]*
- Living Legend: [285]*
- Living Shadow: Shadow person
- Living Ship: Bioship
- Lizard Folk: Reptilian humanoid
- Locked Room Mystery: [286]*
- Loading Screen: [287]*
- Loan Shark: [288]*
- Lobotomy: [289]*
- Locard's Theory: Locard's exchange principle
- Logic Bomb: Does not compute
- Logical Fallacies: Fallacy, List of fallacies
- Loincloth: [290]*
- The Loins Sleep Tonight: Erectile dysfunction. Also see the Distaff Counterpart Vaginismus.
- London Gangster: British firms (organised crime), Gangs in the United Kingdom
- Longer-Than-Life Sentence: List of longest prison sentences
- Longevity Treatment: Life extension
- Loony Fan: Stan (fan)
- Loophole Abuse: Gaming the system
- Loose Lips: Loose lips sink ships and Wikipedia is in the real world
- Loot Boxes: [291]*
- Lost Tribe: Uncontacted peoples
- Loudness War: [292]*
- Lounge Lizard: [293]*
- Lovable Rogue: [294]*
- Love at First Sight: [295]*
- Love Goddess: List of love and lust deities
- Love Hotels: [296] *
- Love Triangle: [297]*
- Lovecraft Country [298]*
- Luckily, My Shield Will Protect Me: Shield
- Lucky Rabbit's Foot: Rabbit's foot
- Ludicrous Gibs: Gib (video_gaming)
- The Ludovico Technique [299]*
- Lumper vs. Splitter: Lumpers and splitters
- Lust: [300]*
