This is a pun.
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Pun
/pʌn/
Synonyms for "pun" (78 found)
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Noun(2 words)
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clinkcorruptioncounterwordcrack a jokecrack wisedouble entendreepigramequivocalequivocalityequivocationequivoquefleerfleer atfungaggibegibe atjapejestjeu de mots
Noun(1 words)
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joshkidkid aroundlogogramlogogriphmake a funnymake funmake fun ofmalapropismmetagrammissayingmocknear rhymepalindromeparonomasiaplay on wordspoke fun atpolysemantportmanteau wordpunning
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quiprhymeridiculescintillatescoff atslant rhymesparklespoonerismsquinting constructionutter a motweasel wordwisecrackwordplay
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His style (if you were to call it that) was excessively (though I run the risk of hypocrisy) parenthetical (pardon the pun).
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What's your favorite pun?
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The name of the playwright character in the game MARDEK 3, Akhmed Wobblescimitare, is an obvious pun on William Shakespeare, and I find it pretty amusing.
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