CAPS LOCK - TV Tropes
- ️Fri Dec 21 2012
THE SECRET UNDERGROUND SHADOW GOVERNMENT DOESN'T RESORT TO TYPING WITH THE CAPS LOCK ON WHEN THEY WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT SOMETHING MUST BE DONE "AT ALL COSTS!"
CAPS LOCK. IT'S THAT KEY ABOVE THE SHIFT KEY WITH A-MILLION-AND-ONE USES, FROM SHOWING ANGER TO MESSING UP CASE-SENSITIVE PASSWORDS. THOSE USED TO THE SHIFT KEY MAY HAVE iNCORRECT lOWERCASE lETTERS BECAUSE OF IT.
CAN BE AN INDICATOR OF A LARGE HAM CHARACTER IF THIS APPEARS IN A VISUAL NOVEL WHENEVER SAID CHARACTER IS SPEAKING.
FREQUENTLY COMBINED WITH SWEARING TO MAKE AN ATOMIC F-BOMB. OFTEN MISTAKENLY USED AS CRUISE CONTROL FOR "COOL."
CAPS LOCK HAS A PECULIAR FEATURE THAT IT REVERSES THE USE OF THE SHIFT KEY: IF THE SHIFT KEY IS PRESSED WHILE CAPS LOCK IS ON, LETTERS APPEAR IN LOWER CASE, OFTEN RESULTING IN AN eFFECT lIKE tHIS. NOBODY KNOWS WHY ANYBODY THOUGHT THIS WAS A GOOD IDEA, ESPECIALLY AS MANUAL TYPEWRITERS WOULD NOT DO THIS.
CLICK HERE TO TURN CAPS LOCK OFF.