Paronomasia
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| - | A '''pun''' (or '''paronomasia''') is a [[phrase]] that deliberately exploits [[confusion]] between similar-sounding [[word]]s for [[humour|humorous]] or [[rhetoric]]al effect. | + | (rhetoric) A pun or play on words. |
| + | ==Etymology== | ||
| + | From Latin ''paronomasia'', from Ancient Greek ''παρονομασία'' (paronomasia, “play upon words which sound alike”), from ''παρα-'' (para-) + ''ὀνομασία'' ([[onomasia]], “naming”). | ||
| - | A pun may also exploit confusion between two senses of the same written or spoken word, due to [[homophone|homophony]], [[homograph]]y, [[homonym]]y, [[polysemy]], or [[metaphor]]ical usage. Walter Redfern has said: "To pun is to treat homonyms as [[synonym]]s". For example, in the phrase, "There is nothing punny about bad puns", the pun takes place in the deliberate confusion of the implied word "funny" by the substitution of the word "punny", a heterophone of "funny". By definition, puns must be deliberate; an involuntary substitution of similar words is called a [[malapropism]]. | + | {{GFDL}} |
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| - | Puns are a form of [[word play]], and seem to occur in all [[language]]s (although some people claim that that they are easier to construct in some languages than others). | + | |
| - | ==See also== | + | |
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| - | *[[Albur]] | + | |
| - | *[[Alliteration]] | + | |
| - | *[[Antanaclasis]] | + | |
| - | *[[Auto-antonym]] | + | |
| - | *[[Dajare]] | + | |
| - | *[[Double entendre]] | + | |
| - | *[[Eggcorn]] | + | |
| - | *[[Feghoot]] | + | |
| - | *[[Malapropism]] | + | |
| - | *[[Mondegreen]] | + | |
| - | *[[Paraprosdokian]] | + | |
| - | *[[Polyptoton]] | + | |
| - | *[[Satiric misspelling]] | + | |
| - | *[[Syllepsis]] | + | |
| - | ==Further reading== | + | |
| - | *''[[Upon the Pun: Dual Meaning in Words and Pictures]]''{{GFDL}} | + | |
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(rhetoric) A pun or play on words.
Etymology
From Latin paronomasia, from Ancient Greek παρονομασία (paronomasia, “play upon words which sound alike”), from παρα- (para-) + ὀνομασία (onomasia, “naming”).
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