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A word play suggesting, with humorous intent, the different meanings of one word or the use of two or more words similar in sound but different in meaning. (From Poetry Glossary)

A play on words, sometimes on different senses of the same word and sometimes on the similar sense or sound of different words.

I couldn't quite remember how to throw a boomerang….

•but eventually it came back to me.

From the Pun of the Day Site

•From (Duncan - Victoria, BC)

He drove his expensive car into a tree and……

• found out how the Mercedes bends.

From the Pun of the Day Site

A bicycle can't stand on its own because

•it is two-tired.

From the Pun of the Day Site

Two hats were hanging on a hat rack in the hallway. One hat says to the other,

“You stay here, I'll go on a head.”

From the Pun of the Day Site

Pencils could be made with erasers at both ends,

•but what would be the point?

From the Pun of the Day Site

Kap'n Klystron - Nanuet, NY

To write with a broken pencil is….

•pointless.

From the Pun of the Day Site

A boiled egg in the morning is

•hard to beat.

From the Pun of the Day Site

Never lie to an x-ray technician.

•They can see right through you.

From the Pun of the Day Site