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I can see what you mean in that case, but what about wordplay and puns?

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A surname.

Meaning at a glance

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noun

A surname.

noun

(India, historical) A certain number of cowries, generally 80.

noun

(Korean units of measure) Alternative form of bun (“Korean unit of measure”). [Senses referring to baked goods.]

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for puns.

noun

A surname.

noun

(India, historical) A certain number of cowries, generally 80.

noun

(Korean units of measure) Alternative form of bun (“Korean unit of measure”). [Senses referring to baked goods.]

noun

A joke or type of wordplay in which similar definitions or sounds of two words or phrases, or different definitions of the same word, are deliberately confused.

Example sentences

I can see what you mean in that case, but what about wordplay and puns?

Just not the same humour as you get on reddit, with links to memes, or annoying puns.

And quite a number of people just used insane (if you're German, and not the clever/good insane) puns/references/crap as name.

If you want to tell jokes or puns there are many other subreddits to go to.

Heck, Aristophanes, probably the most celebrated comedy writer in the classics, had fart jokes and silly puns in his plays...

Specially with bad puns about planes hitting buildings and some light-hearted representations of the tragedy.

I've heard more #panawful puns than I can count, but still have no clue what the games are.

They've gone for an informal corporate approach like using puns[1] and memes[2] as headings.

Reading compelling stories, making puns and jokes, flirting with the natives, having some fun!

I'd rather read/parse quickly 50 insightful comments, that 300 where most of them are jokes, puns, etc.

But anyone who really cares can get a VPN, and most people just use puns or images to say things that would normally be filtered.

Everywhere else allows silly one line puns to stand unswatted.

Quote examples

On the other hand, making it rechargeable would allow for a pile of "charge card" puns.

It's always insufferable to hear "memes" (repetitive jokes/puns/quotes) on both the internet and real life.

Considering most "funny people" engage in low effort puns or just ape what they hear on TV or the internet, I'm not so sure of that.

Facebook really has face(s) (puns aside again): it has Mark Z's friendly looking face, it has the faces of all your friends and family that are already there, it has a warm-looking humane-looking brand (not with a damn mathematical sign like "+" in.