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A pun, also known as a paronomasia in the context of linguistics, is a form of word play that exploits multiple meanings of a term, or of similar-sounding words, for an intended humorous or rhetorical
A black Jeep with license plate BAABAAA – a pun on "Baa, Baa, Black Sheep"
This cartoon makes fun of how the word "pitcher" means both a vessel and a baseball player by morphing one into the other.
The Tiecoon Tie shop, in Penn Station NY, an example of a pun in a shop name
Baa, Baa, Black Sheep
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"Baa, Baa, Black Sheep" is an English nursery rhyme, the earliest printed version of which dates from around 1744. The words have barely changed in two and a half centuries. It is sung to a variant of
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…the Roman playwright Plautus was famous for his puns and word games. Types of puns Homophonic A black Jeep with license plate BAABAAA – a pun on "Baa, Baa, Black Sheep" A homophonic pun is one that uses word pairs which sound alike (homophones) but are not synonymous. Walter Redfern summarized this type with his…
The rhyme as illustrated by Dorothy M. Wheeler
Illustration for the rhyme from Mother Goose's Melody, first published c. 1765
W. W. Denslow's illustrations for "Baa, Baa, Black Sheep", from the 1901 collection Mother Goose