puns in English

noun
1
a joke exploiting the different possible meanings of a word or the fact that there are words that sound alike but have different meanings.
the pigs were a squeal (if you'll forgive the pun)
verb
1
make a joke exploiting the different possible meanings of a word.
his first puzzle punned on composers, with answers like “Handel with care” and “Haydn go seek”

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1. (Bacchantem puns on Baccalaureus)

2. Many Japanese personal names use puns.

3. A collection of Copulating jokes and Copulating puns

4. A collection of Briskly jokes and Briskly puns

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6. In this line, Hamlet puns on the meaning of 'saw'.

7. It also puns the Kray/Crow connection and gangland murders.

8. There are two kinds of puns, phonetic pun and semantic pun.

9. We've collected the best of Briskly jokes and puns just for you.

10. Expressions, slogans, and puns don’t translate well from one language to another.

11. *Don’t worry—the Colognes are a lot better than the puns

12. We've collected the best of Copulating jokes and puns just for you.

13. And it really -- it's almost like doing visual puns all the time.

14. In view of this, this thesis attempts to make a tentative study of the meaning construction of English puns in the light of Conceptual Integration Theory and try to reclassify English puns.

15. You’ll find out fast with these Corny jokes for adults and Corny puns.

16. Baby names jokes, puns, one-liners, double entendres, bon mots, Amphibolies, silliness and comedy

17. Puns exasperate after a while , tall tales a certain sameness, misspelling a strain to read.

18. A few Cormorant species are called shags, lending themselves to all sorts of sexual puns

19. Blankety Blanks was a very short-lived daytime game show about solving puzzles and puns

20. Thom Bluemel's Birdbrains is a solid comic with a weakness for puns and a colorful palette

21. There's everything from Chaucerian mucky puns and wicked wordplay to calculated disassemblies of bigotry and Conceitedness.

22. Puns exasperate after a while , tall tales a certain sameness[Sentencedict.com], misspelling a strain to read.

23. Homophonic hypertexts are of a function of puns and rhetorically featured with humor, novelty and brevity.

24. 29 Puns exasperate after a while , tall tales a certain sameness, misspelling a strain to read.

25. Washington Post’s Alexandra Petri, Combat Culture’s Matt Ryan, and comedian Roman Garcia pull out the puns (that aren’t puns?), nerf their own arguments, and all play a bit of “Master Agreers” in this week’s episode of Master Debaters.

26. 25 And we do, I mean, we both do, we both make a lot of unintentional puns, uh.

27. Sly and sharp social commentary comes in form of jokes and puns packed with wit and humour .

28. 19 Homophonic hypertexts are of a function of puns and rhetorically featured with humor,[www.Sentencedict.com] novelty and brevity.

29. Often Banter uses clever put-downs and witty insults, misunderstandings (often intentional), zippy wisecracks, zingers, flirtation, and puns

30. Briny Bob posts all the clean depression, sunshine, puns, a trivia fun you find on the Pity Party Pages,

31. It stars its creator as an anthropomorphic orange who Annoys fruits, vegetables, and various other objects by using jokes and puns

32. 10 Through a series of strategic puns Sukenick associates the collection of evidence, analysis and causal sequence with political totalitarianism.

33. Aristippus is a debate about the relative virtues of ale and sack, full of the terms of Aristotelian logic and innumerable puns

34. Taken deadly serious by the tragic slaughter, the puns proof their dramatic dignity, which also fits for the purpose of comedy in Kleist’s Amphitryon.

35. In his review for " The New Yorker ", James Wood wrote, Mandanipour s writing is exuberant, Bonhomous, clever, profuse with puns and literary-political references

36. Here are 175 really Bad jokes, ranging from terrible puns and horrible one-liners to cringy- and groan-worthy jokes that are so Bad they're good.

37. From cute, travel-inspired Captions to funny quotes and destination puns, there is a vacation Instagram Caption for every type of trip, destination, and traveler.

38. Bankside puns on "backside," Bedamp on "bedammed, " and since this is the Liffey River speaking as well as Earwicker's wife, [James S

39. Clever Corny puns and silly jokes may elicit groans from the grown-ups at the table, but they will almost always break the ice and get the party started

40. 6 In light of the different text-types of the source language, the present paper focuses on discussing the application of puns in advertisement, journalese and jokes and riddles.

41. This is the third volume of "Seriously? You're Gonna Name Your Kid?" baby names jokes, puns, one-liners, double entendres, bon mots, Amphibolies, silliness and comedy

42. Nearly half the writers pick A, but the correct answer is D. Puns are not allowed, spoiled fruit isn't even remotely funny, and defaming mothers-in-law could irk mothers-in-law.

43. Get a paper Coaster for any event and get creative with their use! Your guests will surely get a kick out of fun table Coasters with hilarious images, amusing quips or terrible, terrible puns

44. The team, consisting of Neil Edmond, Justin Edwards and James Rawlings, have since recorded four series of comedy shows, also named The Consultants, on BBC Radio 4, featuring an eclectic mix of songs, puns and sketches.

45. ‘He uses puns, paradoxes, Antitheses, parallels, and various rhetorical and literary devices to construct expressions that have meanings beyond the obvious.’ 1.3 (in Hegelian philosophy) the negation of the thesis as the second stage in the process of dialectical reasoning.

46. ‘The Conundrum is simply stated, even though the answer is complex.’ ‘Puns - and Conundrums and charades, for that matter - are word games with an audience - quite literally, entertainments.’ ‘She said two puzzles in particular - a racing problem and ballerina Conundrum - had needed a …

47. One of Cowper's attractive occasional poems, 'To a Young Lady, with a Present of Two Cockscombs ', puns on cockscomb = (a) an ornamental plant of the genus celosia, (b) a fop: Cowper's 'To a Young Lady with a Present of Two Cockscombs' and Gentleman's Magazine

48. (insert celebrity's name), can you fill in the 'Blankety blanks'?" Celebrity: "(insert full complete sentence)." Bob: "Ladies and gentlemen, this is/it's the Blankety blanks! Starring Bill Cullen!" Blankety blanks is the game show about solving puzzles & puns

49. ‘It's got sex, violence, Absurdism, politics (including a wicked parody of Western European and American leaders) and lots and lots of drugs.’ ‘Trading in a unique mix of Absurdism and knowingly ancient music hall puns and wheezes, slapstick, cross-talk and gentle …

50. ‘Puns - and Conundrums and charades, for that matter - are word games with an audience - quite literally, entertainments.’ ‘She said two puzzles in particular - a racing problem and ballerina conundrum - had needed a great deal of logical legwork.’ ‘Now there's a conundrum to puzzle a tired head to sleep.’