pun
/pʌn/ noun C2- A joke or type of wordplay in which similar definitions or sounds of two words or phrases, or different definitions of the same word, are deliberately confused. · The pun is the lowest form of wit.
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“It’s a pun!” the King added in an offended tone, and everybody laughed, “Let the jury consider their verdict,” the King said, for about the twentieth time that day.
Consider the classic dilemma of encountering a pun that relies entirely on a phonetic coincidence in the original language.
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