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bn:00060725n

Noun Concept

Categories: Semantics (linguistics), Humour, Satire, Etymology, Semantics

pun punning wordplay paronomasia embedded pun

A humorous play on words WordNet 3.0

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A humorous play on words WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

A pun, also rarely known as paronomasia, is a form of word play that exploits multiple meanings of a term, or of similar-sounding words, for an intended humorous or rhetorical effect. Wikipedia

Figure of speech that plays on words that are similar to each other. Wikipedia Disambiguation

Form of word play Wikidata

A figure of speech which consists of a deliberate confusion of similar words or phrases for rhetorical effect, whether humorous or serious. OmegaWiki

A pun or play on words. Wiktionary

A humorous play on words; such plays on words collectively. Wiktionary

I do it for the pun of it WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

His constant punning irritated her WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

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homophonic puns in Mandarin Chinese

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DESCRIBED BY SOURCE

Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary

SAID TO BE THE SAME AS

paronomasia

USE

humor

WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

pun, punning, wordplay, paronomasia

Wikipedia

pun

Wikidata

pun

Wiktionary

paronomasia, wordplay

OmegaWiki

paronomasia, pun

Wikipedia Redirections

embedded pun, Kalembur, Lowest form of humor, No Pun Intended, paranomasia, paronomasia, Paronomastic, punned, punner, Punners, Punnery, punning, Punny, puns, Punsters, Word pun, wordplay

Wikidata Alias

paronomasia