punning

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For many years American Jewish writing seemed to be all about sons—sons launched from Chicago, Brooklyn and the Bronx, sons of overprotective mothers, comics punning on “the son also rises.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 18, 2025

Wait a minute, was the New York Times punning with its Wordle on Veteran’s Day?

From Slate • Nov. 30, 2022

That's not to say Passeportout is without humor as Verne clearly couldn't resist punning with that name.

From Salon • Jan. 2, 2022

Both attended what law school students called “bar review,” a punning excuse for socializing that takes place at a local watering hole.

From New York Times • Sep. 24, 2021

There were heraldic devices worked or stamped on the sides—enormous Mack eagles with two heads perhaps, or wyverns, or lances, or oak trees, or punning signs which referred to the names of the owners.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White