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punning[ noun ]
a humorous play on words
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Pun \Pun\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Punned}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Punning}.]
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.
- His hobby is punning (he thought of 'absinthe makes the heart grow fonder' before he saw it in a Christmas cracker) and his favourite author is PG Wodehouse.