An article published in Harvard Men’s Health Watch in 2012 shows heavy coffee drinkers live longer. The researchers examined data from 400,000 people and found out that men who drank six or more coffee cups per day had a 10% lower death rate.
PUNNING
pun, punning, wordplay, paronomasia
(noun) a humorous play on words; “I do it for the pun of it”; “his constant punning irritated her”
PUN
pun
(verb) make a play on words; “Japanese like to pun--their language is well suited to punning”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
punning
present participle of pun
Noun
punning (plural punnings)
The action of the verb to pun.
Adjective
punning
That makes or uses a pun.
The spoonerism "Burly Chassis" is a punning reference to Shirley Bassey's voluptuous figure.
Source: Wiktionary
PUN
Pun, v. t. Etym: [See Pound to beat.]
Definition: To pound. [Obs.] He would pun thee into shivers with his fist. Shak.
Pun, n. Etym: [Cf. Pun to pound, Pound to beat.]
Definition: A play on words which have the same sound but different meanings; an expression in which two different applications of a word present an odd or ludicrous idea; a kind of quibble or equivocation. Addison. A better put on this word was made on the Beggar's Opera, which, it was said, made Gay rich, and Rich gay. Walpole.
Pun, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Punned; p. pr. & vb. n. Punning.]
Definition: To make puns, or a pun; to use a word in a double sense, especially when the contrast of ideas is ludicrous; to play upon words; to quibble. Dryden.
Pun, v. t.
Definition: To persuade or affect by a pun. Addison.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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