Soramimi (空耳, "thought to have heard", or "pretending to have not heard") is a Japanese word that in the context of contemporary Japanese internet meme culture and its related slang is commonly used to refer to humorous homophonic reinterpretation, deliberately interpreting words as other similar-sounding words for comedy (similar to a mondegreen, but done deliberately). The word is more commonly used for its original, literal meaning.
Soramimi (空耳, "thought to have heard", or "pretending to have not heard") is a Japanese word that in the context of contemporary Japanese internet meme culture and its related slang is commonly used to refer to humorous homophonic reinterpretation, deliberately interpreting words as other similar-sounding words for comedy (similar to a mondegreen, but done deliberately). The word is more commonly used for its original, literal meaning.
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