Homonym
Homonym noun - Two words are homonyms if they are pronounced or spelled the same way but have different meanings.
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- Even the name of the school, "Majisuka", contains the word "maji" that is a homonym for "serious." Yabakune's name comes from "yabai".
Source: Series / Majisuka Gakuen - Also "Zinj" is a homonym of "singe", the French word for monkey or ape.
Source: Meaningful Name / Literature - GXP is not the most competent person in the first place, but when naming his ship and finding out that all of the "lucky" names he wanted were taken he decided to call it the Unko, meaning "bringer of fortune" — which, unfortunately, is a homonym for a word that also means poop.
Source: Giver of Lame Names
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