A PUN is a play on words.
It is a way to say something that can be taken numerous ways.
PUNS are the most humorous of all the types of Figurative Language is often used in comedies.
Every PUN has numerous meanings.
Here is a website dedicated to PUNS! – Click here
EXAMPLE
I wondered why the baseball was getting bigger. Then, it hit me!
This is a PUN because is it playing on the words “hit me”
Meaning #1 – This could be mean that the speaker finally figured it out.
OR
Meaning #2 – This could be the baseball hit him in the face.
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A hole was found in the nudist camp wall. The police are looking into it.
This a PUN because it is playing on the words “looking into it”
Meaning #1 – This could mean they are investigating the crime.
OR
Meaning #2 – This could mean they are looking through the hole at the nudists.
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It is better to love a short girl than not a tall.
This is a PUN because it is playing on the words “a tall”
Meaning #1 – It could mean that it is better to love someone short than no one at all.
OR
Meaning #2 – It could mean that it is better to love a short person than to love someone who is not tall.
(not that funny…I know)
