Friday, August 30, 2013

The pun, or paronomasia , is a form of word play

Thanks to Doug and Chris for these
The pun , or paronomasia , is a form of word play which exploits the ambiguity of a statement, allowing it to be understood in multiple ways for an intended humorous or rhetorical effect. These ambiguities can arise from the intentional use and abuse of homophonic, homographic, metonymic, or metaphorical language. A pun must be deliberate: an unintentional substitution of similar words is called a malapropism . 
Those who jump off a bridge in Paris are in Seine.   
A man's home is his castle, in a manor of speaking.   
Dijon vu - the same mustard as before.   
Practice safe eating - always use condiments.   
Shotgun wedding - A case of wife or death.   
A man needs a mistress just to break the monogamy.   
A hangover is the wrath of grapes.   
Dancing cheek-to-cheek is really a form of floor play.   
Does the name Pavlov ring a bell?   
Reading while sunbathing makes you well red.   
When two egotists meet, it's an I for an I.   
A bicycle can't stand on its own because it is two tired.   
What's the definition of a will? (It's a dead give away.)   
Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana.   
In democracy your vote counts. In feudalism your count votes.   
She was engaged to a boyfriend with a wooden leg but broke it off.   
A chicken crossing the road is poultry in motion.   
If you don't pay your exorcist, you get repossessed   
With her marriage, she got a new name and a dress.   
The man who fell into an upholstery machine is fully recovered.   
You feel stuck with your debt if you can't budge it.   
Local Area Network in Australia - the LAN down under.   
Every calendar's days are numbered.   
A lot of money is tainted - Taint yours and taint mine.   
A boiled egg in the morning is hard to beat.   
He had a photographic memory that was never developed.   
A midget fortune-teller who escapes from prison is a small medium at large.   
Once you've seen one shopping center, you've seen a mall.   
Bakers trade bread recipes on a knead-to-know basis.   
Santa's helpers are subordinate clauses.   
Acupuncture is a jab well done.

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