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pun

form of word play
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Summary

pun is a stylistic device[1]. pun draws 5,213 Wikipedia views per month (stylistic device category, ranking #11 of 107).[2]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: word play[3]
  • Has use: humour[4]
  • Commons category: Puns[5]
  • Said to be the same as: paronomasia[6]
  • Topic's main category: Q6980641[7]
  • Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[8], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[9], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[10], The Domestic Encyclopædia; Or, A Dictionary Of Facts, And Useful Knowledge[11], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[12], Basque Literature Terms Dictionary[13]
  • Name in kana: だじゃれ[14]

Why It Matters

pun has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[15] pun is known by 32 alternative names across languages and contexts.[16]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . euskaltzaindia.eus. Retrieved . euskaltzaindia.eus. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [15] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [16] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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