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21pun — /pʌn / (say pun) noun 1. the humorous use of a word in such a manner as to bring out different meanings or applications, or of words alike or nearly alike in sound but different in meaning; a play on words. –verb (i) (punned, punning) 2. to make… …
22pun — Synonyms and related words: abuse of terms, acrostic, alliterate, alliteration, ambiguity, amphibologism, amphibology, amphiboly, anagram, assonance, assonate, be merry with, calembour, chime, clink, corruption, counterword, crack a joke, crack… …
23make ends — vb American to win, achieve success. The term, used by rappers and hip hop aficionados, is a triple pun: in slang ends denotes money, to make ends is, in the game of domi noes, to win, and the colloquial to make ends meet is sometimes a euphemism …
24make like a tree and leave — in. to leave; to depart. (A pun on the leaf of a tree.) □ I have to leave now. It’s time to make like a tree and leave. □ Hey, Jane. Don’t you have an appointment somewhere? Why don’t you make like a tree and leave? …
25pun — I. noun Etymology: perhaps from Italian puntiglio fine point, quibble more at punctilio Date: 1662 the usually humorous use of a word in such a way as to suggest two or more of its meanings or the meaning of another word similar in sound II.… …
26pun — pÊŒn n. play on words, humorous use of words in order to create several possible meanings v. make a play on words, use words humorously to create several possible meanings …
27Neighborhood of Make-Believe — The Neighborhood of Make Believe is the fictional kingdom inhabited by the hand puppet characters on the children s television program Mister Rogers Neighborhood, produced from 1968 to 2001. The show s principal puppeteer is Fred Rogers himself,… …
28Bilingual pun — A bilingual pun is a pun in which a word in one language is similar to a word in another language; this is often done by mixing languages, and is a form of macaronic language. Typically, use of bilingual puns results in in jokes, since there is… …
29punster — pun ► NOUN ▪ a joke exploiting the different meanings of a word or the fact that there are words of the same sound and different meanings. ► VERB (punned, punning) ▪ make a pun. DERIVATIVES punster noun. ORIGIN perhaps an abbreviation of obsolete …
30List of The Daily Show recurring segments — This is an incomplete list of recurring segments featured on The Daily Show: Contents 1 Current segments 1.1 Your Moment of Zen 1.2 Back in Black with Lewis Black 1.3 G …
