Statements (53)
| Predicate | Object |
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| gptkbp:instanceOf |
Figure of speech
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| gptkbp:alsoKnownAs |
paronomasia
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| gptkbp:canBe |
visual
spoken written intentional unintentional verbal |
| gptkbp:category |
gptkb:rhetoric
humor wordplay |
| gptkbp:commonIn |
gptkb:literature
advertising jokes |
| gptkbp:etymology |
from Italian 'puntiglio' meaning 'a fine point'
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| gptkbp:example |
Time flies like an arrow; fruit flies like a banana.
Being in politics is just like playing golf: you are trapped in one bad lie after another. |
| gptkbp:hasType |
antanaclasis
compound pun homographic pun homophonic pun malapropism paronomastic pun recursive pun syllepsis visual pun zeugma |
| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Pun
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| gptkbp:involves |
word play
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| gptkbp:opposedBy |
literal language
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| gptkbp:relatedTo |
double entendre
homonym homophone |
| gptkbp:studiedBy |
linguistics
literary studies humor studies |
| gptkbp:used_in |
gptkb:James_Joyce
gptkb:Lewis_Carroll gptkb:Mark_Twain gptkb:Oscar_Wilde gptkb:William_Shakespeare stand-up comedy film titles comic strips news headlines crossword puzzles book titles |
| gptkbp:usedFor |
humor
rhetorical effect |
| gptkbp:uses |
multiple meanings of words
similar sounding words |
| gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:Wordplay
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| gptkbp:bfsLayer |
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