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  • ...the form of dictionary definitions, they are similar to [[transpositional puns]], but often much less complex and easier to create.. [[Category:Puns]]
    3 KB (448 words) - 13:22, 21 April 2023
  • ...ow progressed through a loosely linked collection of sketches, one-liners, puns and ethnic jokes. Bluthal provided multiple voices, including impressions
    4 KB (554 words) - 00:17, 10 February 2023
  • ...al encounters, rudimentary direction and 94 minutes of witless Old English puns (the title is a fair example)." He likened the "episodic" plot to those of
    4 KB (624 words) - 17:57, 20 February 2023
  • ...Handley demonstrating his dazzling ability with wordplay, reeling off the puns at a dizzying rate...Anarchic was the word to apply here, with the show the
    5 KB (650 words) - 11:42, 20 February 2023
  • ...lethal devices of British farce – funny foreigners and inflated third-form puns. Beginning with a scene which sends up the absurdities of advertising films
    5 KB (668 words) - 12:04, 4 August 2024
  • ...sm|surrealism]] and literary and media [[parody|parodies]], sprinkled with puns. ...'s character, who calls him Mister Croydon, is disgusted by his habits and puns, and always remarks, "isn't he a panic". This was one of the show's two cat
    15 KB (2,221 words) - 23:59, 8 February 2023
  • ...ublicly torments [[w:Ophelia (character)|Ophelia]] with a series of sexual puns, including "''country matters''" (similar to "[[w:cunt|cunt]]"). The title [[Category:Puns]]
    22 KB (3,471 words) - 17:34, 31 December 2022
  • ...hat "The humour consists mainly of a withering selection of patent British puns; an inflatable brassiere, some let's-insult-the-Germans jokes and a rickety
    8 KB (1,177 words) - 07:55, 29 March 2023
  • ...r and amusing ideas, but an even heavier than usual reliance on outrageous puns and not particularly subtle [[double entendres]]. This, in fact, is the nea
    10 KB (1,404 words) - 23:45, 13 February 2023
  • ...1:30 – 22:00. The episode titles are, with exception of the final episode, puns on [[military ranks]].
    13 KB (1,761 words) - 23:33, 19 February 2023
  • The show gained a reputation for its puns. Two examples: "I once spent an evening with twelve Benedictines". "What ha
    23 KB (3,162 words) - 09:50, 26 January 2023
  • ...{cite web |url=http://study.com/academy/lesson/puns-in-othello.html |title=Puns in Othello |website=Study.com |access-date=24 May 2016}}</ref></poem>}}
    16 KB (2,638 words) - 16:51, 20 September 2022
  • ...[[pantomime]] (or several combined). They had few qualms about the use of puns – old, strained or inventive – and included some jokes and catchphrases ...ark]] is another animal mentioned frequently, sometimes in connection with puns such as "How to make your aardvark soft again" or gibberish "[[Welsh langua
    35 KB (5,724 words) - 23:56, 9 February 2023
  • ...the Pink Panther made creative use of absurd and surreal themes and visual puns and an almost completely wordless pantomime style, set to the ubiquitous Pi
    22 KB (3,304 words) - 14:02, 18 January 2023
  • ...ists have fond memories of his off-the-wall sense of humour and quick-fire puns.<ref name="people" /> Since Rushton's death his seat has been turned into a Humour is derived from wordplay<ref name="history" /> such as puns or mockery of styles of speech. For example, in a round based on suggesting
    67 KB (9,357 words) - 08:07, 11 September 2024
  • Johnston was renowned for his on-air schoolboy humour and puns. In one incident during a [[Test cricket|Test]] match at [[the Oval]] in 19
    20 KB (3,078 words) - 23:38, 3 February 2023
  • ...rture from those of previous ''Blackadder Goes Forth'' episodes, which are puns on military ranks.{{sfn|Roberts|2012|p=313}}
    29 KB (4,228 words) - 11:35, 23 January 2023
  • ...lm entitled ''Carry On Up the Rectum'', satirising the transparency of the puns used for ''[[Carry On Up the Khyber]]'' and possibly ''[[Carry On Up the Ju
    32 KB (4,794 words) - 07:52, 11 September 2024
  • 31 KB (4,508 words) - 20:22, 19 September 2024
  • ...ring, "The humour consists mainly of withering selection of patent British puns; an inflatable brassiere, some let's-insult-the-Germans jokes and a rickey
    40 KB (5,848 words) - 22:47, 29 March 2023

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