Puns

"The humorous use of a words in such a way as to suggest different meaning or of the word having the same sound but different meanings." -Merriam Webster Dictionary

Homophonic Puns

I bet the butcher the other day that he couldn't reach the meat on the top shelf. He refused to take the bet, saying that the steaks were too high.

The wedding was so emotional that even the cake was in tiers.

"To pun is to treat homonyms as synonyms." -Professor Walter Redburn

Homographic Puns

Did you hear about the optometrist who fell into a lens grinder and made a spectacle of himself?

A blind man picked up a hammer and saw.

Homonymic Puns

"Two silk worms had a race and ended in a tie."

Compound Puns

“Why can a man never starve in the Great Desert? Because he can eat the sand which is there. But what brought the sandwiches there? Why, Noah sent Ham, and his descendants mustered and bred.” -English Rhetorician and Theologian Richard Whately

Recursive Pun

“A Freudian slip is when you say one thing but mean your mother.”

Bibliography

• YourDictionary. "Examples of Funny Puns (and Punny Funs)." YourDictionary. N.p., 15 Oct. 2016. Web. 11 Jan. 2017.
• "Pun Examples and Definition." Literary Devices. N.p., 30 Oct. 2015. Web. 11 Jan. 2017.

Bibliography

• "Homophonic Puns." Homophonic Puns - Definition, Words and Examples | English@Edurite.com. N.p., n.d. Web. 11 Jan. 2017.
• "Homographic Puns." Homographic Puns - Definition & Examples | English@Edurite.com. N.p., n.d. Web. 11 Jan. 2017.