0 a type of joke in which words are used that have a similar sound, but a different meaning -- sự chơi chữ
One example of a pun would be ‘A pun is a punishable offence’.
1 to make a pun. -- chơi chữ
This dialogue of forms, meanings, intentions, and punning echoes of previous use constructs an interplay between constraint and creativity.
His challenges are problematic and inconsistent and his objections are, please pardon the pun, unimaginative.
On the other hand (as the pun drags on), however, the patient does not experience these actions as consciously willed.
She notes the possibility that the footwear evidence might be explicable solely (pardon my pun) in terms of males.
Note the pun on 'rayonnement', which means 'influence' as well as 'radiance'.
Often, the names were witty puns on the originals.
It is however in the realm of informal discourse that all types of ludic word-forming - from malapropisms to homonymic puns - thrive most richly.
This is a vicious circle (pardon the pun).
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雙關語,語義雙關的俏皮話, 說雙關語…
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双关语,语义双关的俏皮话, 说双关语…
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juego de palabras, hacer juegos de palabras, juego de palabras [masculine…
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cinas, kelime oyunu…
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jeu [masculine] de mots, calembour [masculine], calembour…
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slovní hříčka, dělat slovní hříčky…
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ordspil, lave ordspil…
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