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These funny puns and one-liners about food, animals and love are sure to deliver all the laughs to kids, adults and anyone else who appreciates punny jokes. 120 funny puns that are guaranteed to ...
Punch, 25 February 1914.The cartoon is a pun on the word "Jamaica", which pronunciation [dʒəˈmeɪkə] is a homonym to the clipped form of "Did you make her?". [1] [2]A pun, also known as a paronomasia in the context of linguistics, 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. [3]
For example, in his Finnegans Wake Joyce's phrase "they were yung and easily freudened" clearly implies the more conventional "they were young and easily frightened"; however, the former also makes an apt pun on the names of two famous psychoanalysts, Jung and Freud. An epitaph, probably unassigned to any grave, demonstrates use in rhyme.
In Japanese, puns are referred to as dajare (駄洒落, 'bad jokes'). Like puns in English, dajare may be considered dad jokes (親父ギャグ, oyaji gyagu). Dajare commonly involve the usage of two homophonous phrases alongside each other in a sentence, though double entendres are used as well. Example one:
Celebrate the spooky season with these hilarious Halloween puns. Use them for an Instagram caption or a fun game to play with your kids!
In fact, no ifs ands or putts, our Father's Day puns are, well, par for the course. So, read on to find just the right one to celebrate your dad and whichever you choose, one thing's for sure ...
One example of a feghoot is the "Forty million Frenchmen" gag ("For DeMille, young fur-henchmen...") on page 559 of Thomas Pynchon's Gravity's Rainbow. The Callahan's Bar series by Spider Robinson uses "some of the worst puns known to man.... building up to the anticipated pun with skill and flair." [2]
A Tom Swifty (or Tom Swiftie) is a phrase in which a quoted sentence is linked by a pun to the manner in which it is attributed. Tom Swifties may be considered a type of wellerism. [1] The standard syntax is for the quoted sentence to be first, followed by the pun (usually a description of the act of speaking):