English Explanatory Dictionary

crash blossom

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A sentence, often a news headline, that is subject to incorrect interpretation due to syntactic and/or lexical ambiguity.

Word forms

crash blossom crash blossoms

Etymology

From a headline, "Violinist linked to JAL crash blossoms". The author's intended interpretation is that the violinist (Diana Yukawa), who has blossomed, is linked to a JAL plane crash (since her father was on the plane). However, through syntactic ambiguity, the sentence can also be interpreted to mean that the violinist was linked to something called a "crash blossom".

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