PPUUNNSS

A word play suggesting, with humorous intent, the different meanings of one word or the use of two or more words similar in sound but different in meaning. (From Poetry Glossary)

A play on words, sometimes on different senses of the same word and sometimes on the similar sense or sound of different words.

I couldn't quite remember how to throw a boomerang….

•but eventually it came back to me.

From the Pun of the Day Site

•From (Duncan - Victoria, BC)

A bicycle can't stand on its own because

•it is two-tired.

From the Pun of the Day Site

Two hats were hanging on a hat rack in the hallway. One hat says to the other,

“You stay here, I'll go on a head.”

From the Pun of the Day Site

•but what would be the point?

To write with a broken pencil is….

•pointless.

From the Pun of the Day Site

A boiled egg in the morning is

•hard to beat.

From the Pun of the Day Site

Never lie to an x-ray technician.

•They can see right through you.

From the Pun of the Day Site

The shoes are stocking me. I see them everywhere.

From the Pun of the Day Site

I am going to get you!!!

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FOOTBALL JARGON Examples of football jargon are:"audible", "blitz", "clipping", "down", "end zone", "goal line", "hand-off", "kickoff", "loose ball", "man-in-motion", "offside", "picked off", "recovery", "scrambling", "territory", and "touchdown".

Airball Boards Double Double/Triple Double Nothing But Net Stuffed Swish Trifecta Windex Man/Woman Break his/her ankles Crack-crack

A figure of speech in which exaggeration is used for emphasis or effect, as in I could sleep for a year or This book weighs a ton.

Author’s use colorful exaggerations to add interest to a story.

“I’m so hungry I could eat a horse!”