See also: Homophonic puns in Standard ChineseĪ homophonic pun is one that uses word pairs which sound alike ( homophones) but are not synonymous. For example, the Roman playwright Plautus was famous for his puns and word games. Puns may be regarded as in-jokes or idiomatic constructions, especially as their usage and meaning are usually specific to a particular language or its culture. A pun differs from a malapropism in that a malapropism is an incorrect variation on a correct expression, while a pun involves expressions with multiple (correct or fairly reasonable) interpretations. These ambiguities can arise from the intentional use of homophonic, homographic, metonymic, or figurative language. Ī pun, also rarely known as paronomasia, is a form of word play that exploits multiple meanings of a term, or of similar-sounding words, for an intended humorous or rhetorical effect. The cartoon is a pun on the word "Jamaica", which pronunciation is a homonym to the clipped form of "Did you make her?".
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