A pun is a figure of speech that is used to create a confusion of sorts with similar words to create a rhetorical effect.
For e.g. "Bad puns are not punny." The pun takes place in the deliberate confusion of the implied word "funny" by the substitution of the word "punny", a homophone of "funny".
a) A pun is the lowest form of humor, unless you thought of it yourself; but poetry is much verse. [Doug Larson]
b) Hanging is too good for a man who makes puns; he should be drawn and quoted [Fred Allen]
A pun is a clever and amusing use of a word or phrase with two meanings, or of words with the same sound but different meanings.
For example,`The peasants are revolting', this is a pun because it can be interpreted as meaning either that the peasants are fighting against authority, or that they are disgusting
"I'm reading a graphic novel" , this can mean I'm reading a comic or a book that containts something unpleasant or about sex
A pun is a play of words. Where one word or concept can be misunderstood or used in two senses
1.The mortician was late for dinner because he was buried in his work.
2.Beats me why anyone would want to be a masochist.
3. An old lady once asked the dispatcher of a local trucking company if they could ship an antique mirror to her sister in Toronto. The dispatcher says, 'I don't know madam, I'd have to look into it first'.
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A pun is a figure of speech that is used to create a confusion of sorts with similar words to create a rhetorical effect.
For e.g. "Bad puns are not punny." The pun takes place in the deliberate confusion of the implied word "funny" by the substitution of the word "punny", a homophone of "funny".
a) A pun is the lowest form of humor, unless you thought of it yourself; but poetry is much verse. [Doug Larson]
b) Hanging is too good for a man who makes puns; he should be drawn and quoted [Fred Allen]
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A pun is a clever and amusing use of a word or phrase with two meanings, or of words with the same sound but different meanings.
For example,`The peasants are revolting', this is a pun because it can be interpreted as meaning either that the peasants are fighting against authority, or that they are disgusting
"I'm reading a graphic novel" , this can mean I'm reading a comic or a book that containts something unpleasant or about sex
A pun is a play of words. Where one word or concept can be misunderstood or used in two senses
1.The mortician was late for dinner because he was buried in his work.
2.Beats me why anyone would want to be a masochist.
3. An old lady once asked the dispatcher of a local trucking company if they could ship an antique mirror to her sister in Toronto. The dispatcher says, 'I don't know madam, I'd have to look into it first'.
If lawyers are disbarred and clergymen defrocked, doesn't it follow
that:
electricians can be delighted,
musicians denoted,
cowboys deranged,
models deposed,
dry cleaners depressed,
bed makers debunked,
baseball players debased,
teachers declassified,
bulldozer operators degraded,
organ donors delivered,
software engineers detested,
underwear makers debriefed, and
musical composers decomposed?
On a more positive note, though, perhaps we can hope that politicians
What is the purpose of reindeer? It makes the grass grow,sweetie Where do you get giant snails? At the end of giant fingers.
underwear makers debriefed, and
musical composers decomposed?
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