Puns were found in ancient Egypt, where they were heavily used in development of myths and interpretation of dreams.
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Puns
/pʌnz/
Synonyms for "puns" (12 found)
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10 entriescharacter pundouble entendreone liner punorthographic punparonomasiaphonetic punpunningsatirical punsemantic punshort pun
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Puns are often untranslatable into another language.
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There were puns in the holy writings, and they got lost in translation.
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The audience groaned at some of Tom's puns.
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