Funny meanings

I definitely snickered when 手首 and 足首 came up for the first time!

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I don’t think my comment had anything to do with racism. Political correctness means avoiding to use certain expressions or talking about something to avoid potentially offending somebody. In this case, since the context was clearly a joke, I don’t believe political correctness should apply. Racism on the hand is never ok, this we can all agree.

Then the second layer for the slang term

The wonders of language learning.

花火 flower + fire = fireworks

火花 fire + flower = spark

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wow. so cool.

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I love these. Any other good ones?

極楽 extreme + comfort = paradise

絶望 extinction + hope = despair

面積 surface + accumulate = area

体積 body + accumulate = volume

鼻歌 nose + song = humming

足首 foot + neck = ankle

手首 hand + neck = wrist

兎馬 rabbit + horse = donkey

花火 flower + fire = fireworks

火花 fire + flower = spark

冗談 superfluous + conversation = joke]

金玉 gold + ball = testicles

四角 four + angle = square

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