Continuing the discussion from More misread headlines:
A “crash blossom” is a headline with a funny double meaning. Unfortunately in real life, these are rare. So here’s a thread to make up all sorts of crash blossoms. There has to be a funny/absurd reading, and a plausible newsworthy reading.
Airline Drops Pilot, Crew after Mid-Air Incident
Library Bans Graphic Novels
Umpires Call Strike
Military to Nuke Turkey for Thanksgiving
~Max
Why are these called “crash blossoms”? I would guess that “crash blossom” is itself an example of the phenomenon, but I can’t think of any meaning for that phrase, much less two.
The name crash blossom was inspired by an August 2009 headline in *Japan Today* that read:
Violinist linked to JAL crash blossoms
Notable for not really having a double meaning that makes sense, but still constructed in a way to make the reader wonder what JAL crash blossoms are.
The details of who the young woman who played the violin was, why she was now blossoming and what her link to the Japan Airlines crash was can be found in the link.