Statements (59)
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concept
Literary device |
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The witty exploitation of the meanings and ambiguities of words, especially in puns.
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'A chicken crossing the road is poultry in motion.'
'A backward poet writes inverse.' 'A boiled egg every morning is hard to beat.' 'A boiled egg in the morning is hard to beat.' 'A calendar's days are numbered.' 'A plateau is the highest form of flattery.' 'A thief who stole a calendar got twelve months.' 'A will is a dead giveaway.' 'Acupuncture is a jab well done.' 'I used to be a banker but I lost interest.' 'Santa's helpers are subordinate Clauses.' 'Seven days without a pun makes one weak.' 'To write with a broken pencil is pointless.' 'A bicycle can't stand on its own because it is two-tired.' 'I'm reading a book on anti-gravity. It's impossible to put down.' 'A bicycle can't stand alone; it's just two-tired.' 'Bakers trade bread recipes on a knead-to-know basis.' 'Time flies like an arrow; fruit flies like a banana.' 'The roundest knight at King Arthur's round table was Sir Cumference.' 'A dentist and a manicurist fought tooth and nail.' 'Did you hear about the guy whose left side was cut off? He's all right now.' 'Police were called to a day care where a three-year-old was resisting a rest.' 'I wondered why the baseball was getting bigger. Then it hit me.' 'The man who survived pepper spray and mustard gas is now a seasoned veteran.' 'The short fortune teller who escaped from prison was a small medium at large.' 'The duck said to the bartender, "Put it on my bill."' 'When you've seen one shopping center you've seen a mall.' |
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Wordplay
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Satire
entertainment Irony Cleverness Ambiguity Amusement Intellectual engagement Poetic effect Rhetorical effect Word games |
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gptkb:Pun
gptkb:Oxymoron Malapropism Anagram Double entendre Homonym Palindrome Paronomasia Spoonerism Verbal humor Witticism |
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gptkb:literature
gptkb:poetry Comedy Jokes Riddles |
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gptkb:Outstanding_Game_Show
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