| noun | 1. A play on words; a pun. |
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 |  | | "The stand-up comedian's clever paronomasia had the audience groaning and laughing simultaneously." |
|  | | "She found her grandfather's near-constant paronomasia endearing, even if the puns were terrible." |
|  | | "The English teacher used paronomasia to help students remember complicated literary terms." |
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 | Greek, late 16th century |
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 | "Time flies like an arrow; fruit flies like a banana." Excuse us for the pun, but this is an example of paronomasia, or a play on words. "Paronomasia" comes from Latin, based on the ancient Greek "paronomasía," meaning … | Continue Reading |
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