This tag is for questions about paronomasia: a form of word play that suggests two or more meanings
Questions tagged [pun]
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"A boiled egg in the morning is really hard to beat" - explain the pun please
It's from The Last of Us video game:
A boiled egg in the morning is really hard to beat.
I don't get it.
Here are more puns if somebody is interested. I managed to understand the rest of them though.
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Is pun objectionable?
I have often heard people say "pun intended" or "pun not intended" and thought nothing of it at the time. However, last week, someone said "excuse the pun". And that got me thinking. The play on words used was definitely not offensive. So, why would…
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What do these puns mean?
I have puns that I don't get it and actually need them for translating an essay. Can anyone help me, please?
“Have you heard about the guy whose whole left side was cut off? He’s all right now.”
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“Did you hear about the par-a-dox? . . .…
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What is the pun that is intended in this sentence?
I read this in Word by Word by Kory Stamper:
Teachers will write in and angrily ask how they can possibly teach their students proper grammar and punctuation if the dictionary can be bothered to use it? Even that is changing, however there is room…
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What is the meaning of "objectively better" in this sentence
I read a sentence in Word by Word by Kory Stamper which was:
If you ask a modern adherent to this rule why, exactly, you aren't supposed to end a sentence with a preposition, they merely goggle at you as if you had just asked why you aren't…
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Is this a good pun?
In the following, "the sons raise meat" sounds the same as "the sun's rays meet." But is this a good pun? The "because" makes sense only with the hidden meaning "the
sun's rays meet." (I don't see how "focus"has anything to do with the literal…
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