Questions tagged [word-play]
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“Let's see them aliens” grammar [duplicate]
I know this was a joke on Facebook, the thing about storming Area 51. But, what catched my eyes is the "them".
Is this playing on word? Or, is this grammaticality sound? Or is this a joke because I, ...
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Can you please explain this joke: “I'm going bananas is what I tell my bananas before I leave the house”?
Can you please explain this joke: "I'm going bananas is what I tell my bananas before I leave the house"?
And another one: "I hate it when my friends ask me to do them a solid especially when I've ...
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What does “If you were a chicken, you would be impeccable”
I found this in pickup lines but I am not sure what exactly means , I was looking in the net but could not find exact definition or synonym? Can you help me with the meaning usage of this?
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Dialogue consisting of questions and answers?
Is there a specific word for a dialogue between two characters in a play or novel, where that dialogue only consists of questions and answers?
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Does the name of episode 12 in season 2 of the Daria series, “Pierce Me”, have a sexual meaning?
The name of episode 12 in season 2 of the Daria series is "Pierce Me". The episode is about body piercing, however, in Russian language (my native one) the literate translation of this episode's name (...
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What does “do sea on classes” mean?
I see this sentence on https://twitter.com/jfbastien/status/1003697787911966720
A: I've made my submissions for @cpponsea, have you?
B: Sorry, I only do Sea on Classes 🙃
C: you can do ...
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Meaning of 'visceral betrayal'
Brazos: We are not looking for that here. No brown-nosing. No suck up.
No toolery.
Brazos: Why is Shontel using what appears to be a red cup from the red
floor when we are on the yellow ...
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What does “go on my tires” mean?
From the movie To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar
In a drag queen contest, a muscular man passes the winner envelope to a past drag queen, who says to the audience of the muscular man:
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Grammatical mismatch in wordplay-based joke
In the following joke:
How do you hire a horse?
Stand it on four bricks.
The humor seems to come from the homophones hire and higher. Is that so? Because this is grammatically incorrect (to ...
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Why do the police say “Freeze”?
Where does this originate? Why not say Halt or just Stop or something like Stay put?
I can understand the meaning of the word Freeze perfectly well.
Is it a classic word-play or just a set term for ...
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What does 'Don't blame it on the pig!' mean?
In the Disney movie 'Moana', Tala who is a grandmother of Moana said "Whatever just happened... blame it on the pig."
I've googled and found some headlines like 'Flu? Don't blame the pig', so guessed ...
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Don't understand the Garfield's sketch of Feb 9 2017 [closed]
I read Garfield's comic strip every day but I didn't understand the sketch of February 9, 2017. What does the date of November 8, 1992 refer to ?
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Why is 7 the most feared number?
I was in a computer programming training. A code executed an output number 7 and the trainer asked ( assuming joking) "Why is 7 the most feared number?" and someone said "Because 7,8,9 ... aho ho ho.."...
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Correctness of expression “More X than the peanut butter aisle”
Disclaimer. It is not a question on the meaning of the expression. Repeat. Not about what the message it conveys.
I've seen somewhere the expression below.
More X than the peanut butter aisle.
I ...
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What does this joke mean?
Q: What do you call it when Batman skips church?
A: Christian Bale
Does the word 'Bale' have a special meaning in this joke?
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What is a turn-down service?
I'm sensing that it's not a real service but rather some specific play on words.
As shown in the image.
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The meaning of the word Facebook
In the word Facebook what do face and book particulary mean?
I think that face means biography, a self-portrait, a history of a person.
And book means a catalogue like in A book of spells.
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Help understanding these cake puns from a CNN Student News video
The paragraph below is cited from November 10th, starting at 9:39. Here is the transcript.
Some might say it looks a little un-oven, or that its expression's a little frosty. But it's a cake artist'...
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What is the cup of coffee meaning in “cutie pie”
I've stumbled upon this image of a narrow angle, coffee cup and the mathematical symbol of pi.
I get its reference to acute and pie, meaning a cutie pie.
But what on Earth is the coffee cup ...
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Phrasal verb, slang or a word for gather around or to look at something or someone with joy [closed]
I'm looking for a slang, phrasal verb or a word that explains people looking at something or someone. E.g. when people gather around a new-born baby and look at it with joy. Or when someone is looking ...
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Why “some one who 'incorrects my English'” “incorrects my English” is a word play?
According to the comment of Kent Anderson to this question:
https://workplace.stackexchange.com/q/44581/26185
Q: How to deal with a customer who “incorrects” my English?
the title to this ...
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“To mingle from single”
Which one is correct out of the below two? If possible, I request that you give a justification also.
1) He is going to mingle from single.
Or
2) He is going to mingle to single.
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Is there a specific name for manipulating English language this way
Few days ago a football player named Harry Kane showed great performance, next day the newspaper posted "Hurricane beats Arsenal"
Everyday I pass by a money/cash/loans shop that shows an advert "YOU ...
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the meaning of pun
A girl posted a photo of her with her friends in facebook captioned as "We are so sweet."
So I thought of commenting in the photo as: If you are really so sweet, I want to taste both of you. Also with ...
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Meaning in context: Old men like me don't bother with making points. There's no point
The following dialog is taken from the movie The.Matrix.Reloaded.2003:
Councillor: ...What is control?
Neo: If we wanted, we could shut these machines down.
Councillor: Of course. That's ...
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What's the meaning of “Grandma doesn't do Anaheim” and why is it funny?
I was watching Two and a Half Men and ran across this joke I don't understand. There is a laugh track that makes me think it is supposed to be funny. What is the meaning and why should I think it is ...
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That which doesn't kill you
This is a "Hot Network Question" from another site that I thought would make a great question here.
The Joker: "I believe whatever doesn't kill you, simply makes you stranger." (Clip from The Dark ...
