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name: "Jacuzzi vs. yakuza"
date: 2026-07-08
link: "https://old.reddit.com/r/dadjokes/comments/1upemye/i_accidentally_confused_the_words_jacuzzi_and/"
linkText: "reddit.com"
source: "r/dadjokes"
topics: [dad-jokes]
tags: [wordplay, pun, mix-up]
description: "A dad joke from r/dadjokes built on the near-homophones 'jacuzzi' and 'yakuza.'"
---

I accidentally confused the words "jacuzzi" and "yakuza." Now I'm in hot water with the Japanese mafia. A near-homophone sets it up and an idiom lands it — "hot water" pulling double duty as both the tub and the trouble.