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Puns
also known as: play on words, wordplay, double entendre, witticism, equivoque, amphibology, pivot, calembour, carriwitchet, clench, clinch, conundrum, nick, pundigrion, whim, quibble, or ‘Dad joke’
Puns are the highest form of humor, just as plateaus are the highest forms of flattery.
The Worst
- Accordless: Honda’s new wireless charging EV
- Auto-Pilot: Honda’s new self-driving SUV
- Grandmother sheep: Baa Nana
- What one medieval nobleman said to another during a peasant revolt: “Serf’s up!”
The Best
- “A trade, sir, that, I hope, I may use with a safe conscience, which is indeed, sir, a mender of bad soles.” ~ the cobbler in Julius Caesar - W.S.