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Meanings of paronomasia in English
Synonyms
Examples for "pun"
Examples for "pun"
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Facebook really, really wants you to give VR a go-nopun intended.
2
A pun, my father always says, is the lowest form of humor.
3
And the ruffian chuckled in a half-covert manner at his own pun.
4
I admire anyone who can bypass an obvious pun, ignoring it completely.
5
And he smiled in a sly self-satisfied way at his pious pun.
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AZ: Just us being sharp with wordplay and keeping each other sharp.
2
Standards of wordplay appear to have declined over the last four centuries.
3
She is known for her clever, often humorous, wordplay and identity-politics themes.
4
Yet Clark colours these 12 stories with clever wordplay, wit and empathy.
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Rhythm I've now realised has usually come before wordplay in my poetry.
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There is a certain playfulness and punning in many of the works.
2
The following specimen of his punning Latin is addressed to an orchard-pilferer:-
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Facebook Twitter Pinterest Carson Kressley should be held responsible for the insufferable punning.
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My deep ancestors included elaborate punning in the highest of their literary forms.
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And now, please apply your punning powers to the gent above.
Usage of paronomasia in English
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The following lines are a strong example of the taste of those times for the Punn and Paronomasia.
Translations for paronomasia
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