Pun

Pun

pun /pən/

Noun

clever or humorous wordplay that exploits multiple meanings of a word or similar-sounding words with different meanings


"Of puns it has been said that those who most dislike them are those who are least able to utter them."


- Edgar Allen Poe (1809 - 1849)

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