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  2. Pun - Wikipedia

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    Punch, 25 February 1914.The cartoon is a pun on the word "Jamaica", which pronunciation [dʒəˈmeɪkə] is a homonym to the clipped form of "Did you make her?". [1] [2]A pun, also known as a paronomasia in the context of linguistics, is a form of word play that exploits multiple meanings of a term, or of similar-sounding words, for an intended humorous or rhetorical effect. [3]

  3. Portal:Comedy/Selected picture/8 - Wikipedia

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    A pun (or paronomasia) is a phrase that deliberately exploits confusion between similar words for rhetorical effect, whether humorous or serious. A pun may also exploit confusion between two senses of the same written or spoken word, due to homophony, homography, homonymy, polysemy, or metaphorical usage.

  4. Bilingual pun - Wikipedia

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    A bilingual pun involves a word from one language which has the same or similar meaning in another language's word. The word is often homophonic whether on purpose or by accident. [1] Another feature of the bilingual pun is that the person does not always need to have the ability to speak both languages in order to understand the pun. The ...

  5. Homophonic puns in Standard Chinese - Wikipedia

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    There is no common Chinese word for "pun" in the oral language, although the phrase 一语双关; 一語雙關; yī yǔ shuāng guān may sometimes be used. 双关语; 雙關語; shuāngguānyǔ has the same meaning as a pun but has a more formal or literary register, such as 'double-entendre' in English. It typically refers to the creation of ...

  6. Homophone - Wikipedia

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    '학문(學問)': 'learning' vs. '항문(肛門)': 'anus'. Using hanja (한자; 漢字), which are Chinese characters, such words are written differently. As in other languages, Korean homonyms can be used to make puns. The context in which the word is used indicates which meaning is intended by the speaker or writer.

  7. Homograph - Wikipedia

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    A homograph (from the Greek: ὁμός, homós 'same' and γράφω, gráphō 'write') is a word that shares the same written form as another word but has a different meaning. [1] However, some dictionaries insist that the words must also be pronounced differently, [ 2 ] while the Oxford English Dictionary says that the words should also be of ...

  8. Dying To Be Free - The Huffington Post

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    The last image we have of Patrick Cagey is of his first moments as a free man. He has just walked out of a 30-day drug treatment center in Georgetown, Kentucky, dressed in gym clothes and carrying a Nike duffel bag.

  9. Chinese Internet slang - Wikipedia

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    It is a homophonic expression of the word "冲呀" (chōngya) where 呀 has been replaced with 鸭 as it looks cuter. [2] Western herding dog (慕洋犬, mùyángquǎn) – A pun of (牧羊犬, mùyángquǎn), literally "herding dog". Online Chinese term to refer those who held pro-western views. See US Penny Party above.