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What does the keyword "title-in-title" mean?

I'm baffled.  197 films have this keyword, including "Queen of the South", "Basic Instinct", "The Princess Bride".  Is this supposed to mean the title is spoken during the film, or what?  Should this be changed?

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My best guess is this keyword was originally intended to refer to this meaning of "title" in the first instance:

a descriptive or distinctive appellation, esp. one belonging to a person by right of rank, office, attainment, etc.: the title of Lord Mayor.

And this meaning of "title" in the second instance:

the distinguishing name of a book, poem, picture, piece of music, or the like.

I say that because many of the titles with that keyword include words like "queen," "king," "princess," "emperor," etc. Even "Dr." is included, and a doctorate can be an honorific similar to a title.

With that said, the keyword has been diluted to the point of meaninglessness, probably by other users who meant to add other keywords like "title-spoken-by-character" or "name-in-title" or something like that.

It was never a good keyword to begin with, given its vagueness. I would support full deletion and blocking of these two keywords:

title-as-title (1 title)
title-in-title (199 titles)

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@keyword_expert​ 

Ah, yes, title as honorific should have been obvious to me, but I was thrown off by the many examples where that isn't applicable.  Perhaps honorific-in-title would be a close enough substitute.  Thanks for the quick reply.