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noun • a humorous play on words | ||||||||
| 26% | 9 | Pun with a double meaning | ||||||
noun • an ambiguous grammatical construction; e.g., `they are flying planes' can mean either that someone is flying planes or that something is flying planes | ||||||||
| 26% | 9 | A wordplay or pun that works only in British English | ||||||
noun • an expression that is used in Great Britain (especially as contrasted with American English) | ||||||||
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PARONOMASIA which was last seen in the New York Times crossword.
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PARONOMASIA
Updated: October 10, 2023
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