Fashionable Homonyms
To eat something quickly
scarf
Madrid, 1950
Francisco Franco
Sleeping Beauty / Pinocchio
Maleficent / Monstro
"There’s some good in this world, Mr. Frodo, and it’s worth fighting for."
Samwise Gamgee
To talk around a sensitive topic without addressing it directly
Skirt
Baghdad, 1990
Saddam Hussein
Peter Pan / Frozen
Hook / Hans
“But soft! What light through yonder window breaks?”
Romeo
Written arguments submitted by a lawyer to a court to persuade the judge or jury
Briefs
Santiago, 1980
Augusto Pinochet
Alladin / The Little Mermaid
Jafar / Jetsam
“The answer to the ultimate question of life, the universe and everything is 42.”
Deep Thought
Sudden discharges of electrical current causing a circuit breakers to trip
Shorts
Rome, 1930
Benito Mussolini
101 Dalmatians / The Emperor’s New Groove
Cruella / Kronk
“Now Prisoner 24601, your time is up and your parole's begun."
Javert
Reasons to use a plunger
Damascus, 2020
Bashar al-Assad
The Lion King / Oliver and Company
Scar / Sykes
"They think me mad—Starbuck does; but I’m demoniac, I am madness maddened!"
Captain Ahab