# Replace one word in a title with a homonym **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 15, 2012, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replace-one-word-in-a-title-with-a-homonym/625196 "2012-06-15T02:15:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2012, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replace-one-word-in-a-title-with-a-homonym/625196/41 "2012-06-15T14:54:34Z")
Back to the Future: A society refuses to acknowledge that tomorrow will ever come. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2012, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replace-one-word-in-a-title-with-a-homonym/625196/42 "2012-06-15T14:55:22Z")
**Pie** – The story of an obsessed young baker **the Life of Pie** – three days, tops. **Invasion of the Bawdy Snatches** – porno film ---
**Author:** ![Hockey\_Monkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a183cd/32.png) [@Hockey\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hockey_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2012, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replace-one-word-in-a-title-with-a-homonym/625196/43 "2012-06-15T15:03:12Z")
> [@AClockworkMelon](#): > > Dawn. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![cjepson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9adbd/32.png) [@cjepson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cjepson)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2012, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replace-one-word-in-a-title-with-a-homonym/625196/44 "2012-06-15T15:13:55Z")
_Tom E._ – the Who’s groundbreaking rock opera about a deaf, dumb and blind inventor. ---
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2012, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replace-one-word-in-a-title-with-a-homonym/625196/45 "2012-06-15T15:27:21Z")
> [@fumster](#): > > Bourne on the Fourth of July - Matt Damon joins Will Smith to fight alien invaders Dammit, now I really want to see that. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2012, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replace-one-word-in-a-title-with-a-homonym/625196/46 "2012-06-15T15:58:42Z")
Blind Fury: After years of being unable to make his window coverings remain in the up position, a martial arts master chops them to pieces with his _katana_ and installs curtains. Blind Ambition: A woman dreams of being a window covering salesperson. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2012, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replace-one-word-in-a-title-with-a-homonym/625196/47 "2012-06-15T17:25:12Z")
> [@Kimstu](#): > > Dammit, now I really want to see that. Concur. That sounds frakking awesome. ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2012, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replace-one-word-in-a-title-with-a-homonym/625196/48 "2012-06-15T17:32:39Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > **Canine Teen – The Widowmaker** \* – Old Aged (for a dog) dog goes on a killing spree. > > \*I stole this one from Boston’s WROR. But it’s worth it. > [@CalMeacham](#): > > **The Umpire Strikes Back** – sequel to the 1950s comedy _Kill the Umpire!_ You also borrowed this one, from Ron Luciano \*[The Umpire Strikes Back: Luciano, Ron, Fisher, David: 9780553050103: Amazon.com: Books](http://www.amazon.com/The-Umpire-Strikes-Back-Luciano/dp/0553050109) \* . ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2012, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replace-one-word-in-a-title-with-a-homonym/625196/49 "2012-06-15T17:37:59Z")
_Fast Times at Ridgemont High_ - Documentary of Anorexics in a 1980’s High School ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2012, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replace-one-word-in-a-title-with-a-homonym/625196/50 "2012-06-15T17:41:20Z")
> [@TreacherousCretin](#): > > You also borrowed this one, from Ron Luciano > \*[The Umpire Strikes Back: Luciano, Ron, Fisher, David: 9780553050103: Amazon.com: Books](http://www.amazon.com/The-Umpire-Strikes-Back-Luciano/dp/0553050109) > \* > . I didn’t borrow – I never heard of that. Great Minds Think Alike. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2012, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replace-one-word-in-a-title-with-a-homonym/625196/51 "2012-06-15T17:49:05Z")
**Mu-lan Rouge** – Disney’s Chinese Female Warrior starts a political movement to overthrow the Emperor of China **Knight of the Living Dead** – the body of Roderigo, el Cid, still bound to that horse, returns to lead the Zombie Apocalypse. Except in Spain. **Batman** – P.G. Wodehouse’s adventures of Bertie Wooster and Jeeves **Die, Monster Di** – Adapted from H. P. Lovecraft’s masterpiece, **The Colorado Space** ---
**Author:** ![Esox\_Lucius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/848f3c/32.png) [@Esox\_Lucius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esox_Lucius)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2012, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replace-one-word-in-a-title-with-a-homonym/625196/52 "2012-06-15T18:02:41Z")
**The Born Supremacy** - In an epic struggle for the universe, living, breathing humans conquer the non-existent. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2012, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replace-one-word-in-a-title-with-a-homonym/625196/53 "2012-06-15T18:14:09Z")
Docked Her Strangelove – The heaviest punishment a university can mete out to tenured faculty caught in flagrante with undergrads is a reduction in pay. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2012, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replace-one-word-in-a-title-with-a-homonym/625196/54 "2012-06-15T19:09:47Z")
Bach to the Future–A musical lover invents time travel to meet up with his favorite classical composer. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2012, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replace-one-word-in-a-title-with-a-homonym/625196/55 "2012-06-15T19:34:43Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > Bach to the Future–A musical lover invents time travel to meet up with his favorite classical composer. Did it already in #31 above Great Minds Run in the Same Channel. Or Fools Think Alike. Or something. ---
**Author:** ![cactus\_waltz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/74df32/32.png) [@cactus\_waltz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cactus_waltz)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2012, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replace-one-word-in-a-title-with-a-homonym/625196/56 "2012-06-15T19:58:41Z")
Correct me if I’m wronhg, but aren’t these homophones, rather than homonyms? ---
**Author:** ![Balance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Balance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balance)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2012, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replace-one-word-in-a-title-with-a-homonym/625196/57 "2012-06-15T20:05:24Z")
> [@cactus\_waltz](#): > > Correct me if I’m wronhg, but aren’t these homophones, rather than homonyms? The OP _said_ homonyms, but actually gave a homophone as an example. Most of us have gone by the example, I think. ---
**Author:** ![srm13](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f05b48/32.png) [@srm13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/srm13)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2012, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replace-one-word-in-a-title-with-a-homonym/625196/58 "2012-06-15T20:14:06Z")
Real Steal - This time, the robot is stolen. District Nein - A concentration camp during the Holocaust becomes home to an alien invasion, with hilarious results. Million Doll-Hair Baby - The story of a twisted orphanage that surgically implants doll hairs amongst other things into their youngest orphans. Hard Wear - A wandering soldier finds a robot penis in the desert and brings it home to his girlfriend… ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2012, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replace-one-word-in-a-title-with-a-homonym/625196/59 "2012-06-15T21:46:59Z")
> [@Tengu](#): > > Just to nitpick a bit… They’re actually simple homophones, as they’re spelt differently. hom·o·nym [hom-uh-nim] noun 1. Phonetics . a word pronounced the same as another but differing in meaning, whether spelled the same way or not, as heir and air; a homophone ( def. 1 ) . ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2012, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replace-one-word-in-a-title-with-a-homonym/625196/60 "2012-06-15T21:57:34Z")
The Byrds, Alfred Hitchcock: An aging 60s rock group suddenly attacks the inhabitants of a small town, poking out their eyes with guitar picks and sitting on their fences, staring menacingly. Full Metal Jacquet: The famed jazz musician plays Kiss. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replace-one-word-in-a-title-with-a-homonym/625196.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replace-one-word-in-a-title-with-a-homonym/625196.md?page=4)