Word Play Puns and Oxymorons
Puns are humorous phrases formed by homonyms. (Example: What is the purpose of reindeer? It makes the grass grow, sweetie.) Oxymorons are a figure of speech formed by contradictory words. (Example: jumbo shrimp, a deafening silence.) Have fun with puns and oxymorons in this word play category.
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M or W or E, C has 0 lines, D has one line, L has two lines ...
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Iron Ice tray insect my daughter took pretend Elmo but we renamed him "imaginary" emo. she has also taken a barbie with an...
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bluff chaff chuff cliff fluff gruff quaff scoff scuff skiff sniff snuff spiff staff stiff stuff whiff
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long-guns
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The expression "a word to the wise is sufficient" is how I've always heard it. It indicates that a warning is enough for some...
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invite friends
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alot of words around 203
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alloted allocated aliened alphabetized alarmed alerted alibied allegorized alleged allied allowed alluded aluminized alternated
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An oxymoron is when two contradictory words are combined. Notice how in each set of words, the words are almost opposites. 1....
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jacket jewelry jock strap jumper (like a dress w/a shirt or blouse underneath it) jersey jeans jogging suit
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Grad, on, ion, tan, gradation, etc.
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Tell them you have 2 bills of $100 there, and the first one to pull your pants down can have em!
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half-timbered hippo hanky-panky harpy hoose-gow hoodwink hooey
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Snow man, Christmas tree, Eggnog, ...
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daring dazed dazzling dear decent decisive dedicated delightful demanding demented demure depressed deranged deservin...
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If you mean by rearranging the letters, the letters C-U-R-E can make only cure and ecru. Ecru is the name of a yellowish gray...
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a word that starts with"X" that is affiliated with ALASKA
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It use to denote a person who is crazy or act of stupidity.
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Xenophobia is the fear of strangers
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When your nose runs and your feet smell.
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There is two answers to this question the reason being is because you can be surounded by alot of people in a round room. No,...
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External Exciting
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Warm black, waterspout, wenge, wheat, white, white smoke, wild blue yonder, wild strawberry, wild watermelon, wine, and wisteria.
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Nothing is the contents of the Null Set minus itself. AlternateNothing: the only thing by which zero can be divided.By looking...
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etymology, eternal, etiquette, ether...
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Presbyterian, apostrophe, pagination, administration, doctrinatian, education, adolescent, pediatric, neurologist, psychologist,...
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If they do its ok. He makes a MINT.
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contemplating, assessing.
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a kitchen TABLE
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homographs
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Lack toast and tolerant means not eating dairy food such as milk, butter, ice cream, cream cheese, whip cream. etc. , and it...
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The antonym of an oxymoron is a tautology. For example: "almost exactly" is an oxymoron. "Tiny little" is a tautology.
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tour tours our out outs rot rots rit trim trims sir tis mist rim rims ism rust tum tums sum must most mort ...
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100 coins in a row 100 cents in a rand 100 cubits in a rood
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Here are some possible words: alpha ameba arena aroma balsa betta biota bossa burma china cilia circa cobra cocoa ...
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foghorn leghorn Flower off of Bambie Flower off of Bambie
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He only likes perfect squares. Now that's not right, take a look at the statement again. If he only likes perfect squares then;...
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quadrivium
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almond
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pepper
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brownest cleanest divinest greenest humanest insanest oftenest plainest serenest sternest thinnest urbanest
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Thumb, blurb, courb, crumb, exurb, plumb, rhumb, slubb, slurb, squab, and squib.
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sirenswornsternflownblownknownscornch...
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boor door moor odor poor Thor
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Intrepidation means: fearlessness and fortitude. ______________________________________ Yes...but it also means buying a used...
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baggage, cabbage
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A tongue twister.
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Really Simple Syndication.
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Ahuimanu, Hawaii
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AnswerHomophone is two words that sound the same but don't look the same (ex: bear and bare) Resisting a smart alecky answer, I...
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No, an oxymoron is two words that express the opposite of each other in meaning. Sweet is not the opposite of repose.
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3 letter words eye sri ers say sea ire sky mis mar ram ras eke ray eme yak era ems irk ism may kir sir sei mas ser Mae sim key...
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There is no such sport beginning with T and having four letters played worldwide. Answer The only thing I can think of is...
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Oratory.
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Every word in the English language that begins with the letter "q" is followed by a "u." So, the ideal place to locate words that...
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I had this question for my homework. The question was Rearrange the following group of letters to form a single word:...
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"behind", "boring", "deadening", "decelerate", "dense", "dim", "dull", "dumb", "easy", "ho-hum", "irksome", "obtuse", "retard",...
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Words that rhyme with Stubbs: Bubs Chubs Clubs Cubs Drubs Dubs Flubs Grubs Hubs Nubs Pubs Rubs Shrubs Snubs Subs Stubs Tubs
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An oxymoron (plural "oxymora" or "oxymorons") (noun) is a figure of speech that combines two normally contradictory terms (e.g....
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Only "getups" and "taupes," and they are arguably not honest English words, although they are technically legitimate...
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Electric wheelchair E Type Jaguar Exercise Bike Electra-Glide (not necessarily in blue) And... Elefun the elephant...
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some of the words are mat, cat, sit, multi, cultural, curtail, cult, rat , lit
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zeta zira zoea zuza zyga also, spanish zona names zora zola I think the better answer is ZEBRA
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Uh, that would be 'mathematics,' but it would be better to scramble eggs.
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the truest poetry is the most feigning
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It is an abbreviation of "leg godt", which means "play well" Coincidentally, "Lego" is also a Latin verb which means, "I...
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Yamaha Yugo Yves Saint Laurent (also known as YSL) Yahoo Youtube Yellow Box Yellow Pages Yugioh
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http://www.bnf.org/bnf/ http://www.ahfsdruginformation.com/ https://www.medicinescomplete.com/
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hmmm...let's see... dungeon dune duke duel dump duck dust dusk dual duo
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Counter-Question ("There are questions that should be answered with a counter-question." ~Buddha) Socratic Teaching or Critical...
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See Him lying on a bed of straw.
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Mah Jong
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http://www.nonsensicon.com/ Above is a link to 'nonsensicon' an online nonsense dictionary
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ris True answer s en Paris starts with pa ends starts with en Your pa dragging you home when he catches you necking with...
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"Happily Married" ?? ;) - I am - An oxymoron is not limited to one word, it is a meaning of two words that are completely...
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