Feghoot

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A short story ending in a pun.

Etymology

From a science-fiction series called "Through Time and Space with Ferdinand Feghoot" by Reginald Bretnor. The name Feghoot was invented by Bretnor's wife from the letters on a Scrabble rack.

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