What does paronomasia mean?
Paronomasia means (rhetoric) A pun or play on words..
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/pæɹənɵˈmeɪzɪə/ · noun
(rhetoric) A pun or play on words..
Oh, by the way, any attempt to present me with any kind of testimonial will result in stern measures. And when I say stern measures, I am indulging in a paronomasia, or play on words! Good night.
Ev’rywhere but at Norfolk, where talk of Passion far outweighs its Enactment,– indeed, the Sailors’ paronomasia for that wretched Place, is ‘No-Fuck’.
Paronomasia to the sense alludes, When words but little varied it includes.
[…] he gloomily regarded his new digital watch, faintly fascinated by the onward march of the square figures which turned one into the other with insolent ease, a kind of numerical paronomasia.
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Paronomasia means (rhetoric) A pun or play on words..
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Oh, by the way, any attempt to present me with any kind of testimonial will result in stern measures. And when I say stern measures, I am indulging in a paronomasia, or play on words! Good night.
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