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Puns & Other Word Play ^
Posted on 11/26/2008 5:43:02 AM PST by Lucky9teen
Puns & Other Word Play
Many see puns as cheap humor, one-liners, or groaners, despite their prevalence in our culture. They are most often seen in the names of businesses, or advertising. Others, like the writer Jonathan Swift, see them as a challenging art form, where one shapes words like a cobbler bends leather. 'Punning is an art of harmonious jingling upon words,' said Swift, 'which, passing in at the ears, excites a titillary motion in those parts; and this, being conveyed by the animal spirits into the muscles of the face, raises the cockles of the heart.
However the dictionary describes a pun as:
pun
n.
A play on words, sometimes on different senses of the same word and sometimes on the similar sense or sound of different words.
Egg Plant
The Art of Humorous Puns
Humorous Puns
Many puns hardly ever illicit more than groans from those subjected to their obvious humor. There are many theories as to why this is. One such theory put forth by Freud states those who do not laugh at puns have punus envitas.
What is it that makes a good pun? Here are a few pointers.
Quick set-up (brevity is important)
No proper names (listener might not recognize the name)
Familiar references
A pointed revelation (you should see the spark in the listeners' eyes as they 'get it')
Maximum wordplay throughout
Tap Dancers
(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.co.uk ...
TOPICS: Humor
KEYWORDS: ofst; puns; silliness; thanksgiving
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To: OB1kNOb
That needs to be captioned!!!!
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posted on
11/26/2008 6:48:05 AM PST
by
IrishPennant
(He that is good for making excuses is seldom good for anything else.)
To: Lucky9teen
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posted on
11/26/2008 6:49:01 AM PST
by
Cyber Liberty
(Pretending the Admin Moderator doesn't exist will result in suspension.)
To: Lucky9teen
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posted on
11/26/2008 6:52:02 AM PST
by
OB1kNOb
(I for one will NOT welcome our new Marxist overlords.)
To: Travis T. OJustice; Lucky9teen
Ok now someone has way too much time on their hands while cooking thanksgiving dinner. ROFL
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posted on
11/26/2008 6:52:28 AM PST
by
DieNarrin
(Artificial Intelligence is no match for Natural Stupidity!)
To: Daffynition
Thanks so much for the good tidings - please feel free to send your Pilgrims by to see mine!
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posted on
11/26/2008 6:52:39 AM PST
by
IrishPennant
(He that is good for making excuses is seldom good for anything else.)
To: Lucky9teen
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posted on
11/26/2008 6:53:38 AM PST
by
Sax
To: Sax
Hahahahahahahahahahaaaaaaa
That laugh hurt me
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posted on
11/26/2008 6:54:44 AM PST
by
IrishPennant
(He that is good for making excuses is seldom good for anything else.)
To: StarCMC
Lol.... The good ole days!!!
Happy Thanksgiving Star and Lucky.
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posted on
11/26/2008 6:55:30 AM PST
by
Shyla
To: Lucky9teen
Heaven is when the police are English, the cooks are Italian, the government officials are German, the businessmen are Swiss, and the brewers are Irish.
Hell is when they’re all Arabs.
(OK, minus the cooks. I LOVE Middle Eastern food!)
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posted on
11/26/2008 6:55:42 AM PST
by
G8 Diplomat
(The Middle East: We put the OIL in TURMOIL!)
To: Lucky9teen
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posted on
11/26/2008 6:55:52 AM PST
by
trisham
(Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
To: All
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posted on
11/26/2008 6:57:29 AM PST
by
JRios1968
(Sarah Palin is what Willis was talkin' about!)
To: IrishPennant
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11/26/2008 6:59:49 AM PST
by
Sax
To: Sax
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posted on
11/26/2008 7:01:47 AM PST
by
IrishPennant
(He that is good for making excuses is seldom good for anything else.)
To: Lucky9teen
Happy Tofurky Day!
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posted on
11/26/2008 7:03:55 AM PST
by
cyborg
(SCHOOL IS FINALLY OVER! where's my wine glass???)
To: Lucky9teen
6 Truths of Life
1. You cannot touch all your teeth with your tongue.
2. All idiots, after reading the first truth, will try it.
3. And discover that The first truth is a lie.
4. You’re smiling now because you’re an idiot.
5. You soon will forward this to another idiot.
6. There’s still a stupid smile on your face.
I apologize about this ..
I’m an idiot and I needed company ...
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posted on
11/26/2008 7:07:23 AM PST
by
sunny48
To: Lucky9teen
"Iz kant beleve Iz ait de hole turkee!"
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posted on
11/26/2008 7:07:54 AM PST
by
OB1kNOb
(I for one will NOT welcome our new Marxist overlords.)
To: Lucky9teen
To: sunny48
You’re in good company, if I do say so myself.
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posted on
11/26/2008 7:08:35 AM PST
by
Travis T. OJustice
(Change is not a destination, just as hope is not a strategy.)
To: Lucky9teen
Wooooooooooohooooooooooo top 60! LOL!! : )
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posted on
11/26/2008 7:09:05 AM PST
by
rockabyebaby
(Say what you feel, those who matter don't mind, those who mind don't matter.)
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