punning
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punning
a humorous play on words "I do it for the pun of it","his constant punning irritated her"
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punning
The practice of making puns. -
punning
Given to making puns; exhibiting a pun or play on words: as, a punning reply.
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Punning
the act or habit of punning
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary Ety. dub.; prob. to beat words=pound, to beat, from A.S. punian, to pound.
In the Orange County Thai-dining world, regional specialists such as Bangkok Taste and Thai Nakorn battle for dominance over their for-the-masses brethren, most of whom name themselves after a pun involving the use of the word "Thai". ocweekly.com
New album brings second coming of Jay Pun and Morwenna Lasko. c-ville.com
The visual and verbal puns break all land-speed records. philly.com
But even those can get you in "hot water" (pardon the pun). fueloilnews.com
And yes, that pun was totally intended. militarytrader.com
Cast of 'Downton Abbey ' Realizes Pun Potential, Takes Subway Downtown. tbx.com
The Aroma of Tacoma – it may be our city's most time-honored pun. blog.thenewstribune.com
To revive a cheesy pun that never gets old, we're wondering why they weren't slated to go down in Flushing but anyway if you're interested in potty-humor read on. amny.com
Of course, if New Jersey wins its case, you can bet — pun intended — that every state will rush to pass similar legislation. nj.com
Binding Arrrrr-bitration (It's A Pirate Pun). longislandpress.com
There are plenty more of these puns at New York Magazine. chicagoreader.com
Cast of 'Downton Abbey' Realizes Pun Potential, Takes Subway Downtown. tbx.com
A majority of Puerto Ricans voted to become the 51st State, just in time for the late Big Pun 's Birthday. blk.com
Sometimes a pun is too good to pass up. agweb.com
Insert Your Own Clever Bubblesort Pun . ddj.com
What must be shown is that the Markov chain with transition probabilities (7.11) will visit no states (m, z ) at which the denominator Pun−m (x − z ) is zero.
Occupation Statistics of Critical Branching Random Walks in Two or Higher Dimensions
This is accomplished by noting that as long as Xm−1 is at a site z such that un−m+1 (x − z ) > 0, then by Lemma 34 the denominator Pun−m (x − z ) > 0, and so there is at least one site y among the nearest neighbors of z such that un−m (x − y) > 0.
Occupation Statistics of Critical Branching Random Walks in Two or Higher Dimensions
Pun−m−1 (x − w) note that for large values of n − m the parameters βm (w) are uniformly close to 1/2, because un−m (x − w) is bounded by the probability that the branching random walk will survive for n − m generations.
Occupation Statistics of Critical Branching Random Walks in Two or Higher Dimensions
This construction is extremely interesting, for the group A is in fact extremely amenable (no pun intended).
Martin-Lof randomness, invariant measures and countable homogeneous structurs
Since an is a linear combination of ℘punq, ℘˚ pun q, spunq and 1punq, we clearly have anΩq “ Ψq pan qΩq ` γ ep,q punq for some γ P C.
Limit distributions of random matrices
It was their old-time pun upon the foreman's name. "Overland Red" by
You may grow puns, like tobacco, until the soil is utterly worn out. "The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 80, June, 1864" by
But that is just a family pun. "Ethel Morton's Holidays" by
I confess that I don't see why a good pun should be thrown aside after it has served as the soul of a single sentence. "The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2, No. 2, August, 1862" by
Robert Grace, a young gentleman of some fortune, generous, lively, and witty; a lover of punning and of his friends. "Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin" by
If ye get us 'ut of thus, we'll gev ye a pun' note, and as much dhrink as ye can bear. "My New Curate" by
The word "a-li'-pun" is used among them to express such social condition. "Negritos of Zambales" by
His puns were lugubrious. "The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 83, September, 1864" by
SIR WILLIAM DAWES, Archbishop of York, was very fond of a pun. "The Jest Book" by
The following may be given as an example of a punning epitaph. "Notes and Queries, Number 184, May 7, 1853" by
(But praises all I write);
She says that punning is a curse,
(But then mine are so bright!)
(I fired up like a rocket).
"He did it just for punning's sake:
'The man,' says Johnson, 'that would make
A pun, would pick a pocket!'"
Should you happen to venture on one,
It will sigh like a thing that is deeply distressed:
And it always looks grave at a pun.
Should you happen to venture on one,
It will sigh like a thing that is deeply distressed:
And it always looks grave at a pun.
To BORRIA doubled the knee,
They were once on a far larger scale,
But he'd eaten the balance, you see
("Scale" and "balance" is punning, you see).
Her fads will-take your breath away, her hats are dreams of style;
She is not so very bookish, but with repartee and punning
She can set the savants laughing and make even dudelets smile.