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A funny, erudite, and provocative exploration of puns, the people who make them, and this derided wordplay's remarkable impact on history. The pun is commonly dismissed as the lowest form of wit, and punsters are often unpopular for their obsessive wordplay. But such attitudes are relatively recent developments. In The Pun Also Rises, John Pollack--a former World Pun Champion and presidential speechwriter for Bill Clinton--explains why such wordplay...
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"Relegated to the junk drawer after his boy Jackson becomes enamored with a new tablet, Pencil rallies his fellow tools and office supplies in a pun-punctuated text. Together, they find a creative way to catch Jackson's attention: a flipbook created using their many combined talents."--
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Typography, when coupled with unbridled creativity, craftsmanship, and obsession, can take the mesmerizing form of an ambigram. Ambigrams are typographic designs that combine optical illusion, symmetry, and visual perception. The resulting word or phrase can be read in any number of orientations, viewpoints, or directions. Here is your master class in the art and craft of the ambigram! Curated by graphic and ambigram designer Nikita Prokhorov, this...
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"Wish your little sugarplum a beary Merry Christmas and jingle all the way with this heartwarming story for babies and toddlers! Combining beautiful illustrations, charming animal puns, and the evergreen message of love, All I Want for Christmas is Ewe is a moovelous way to celebrate the season and share your love for each otter."--
12) Donut give up
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Using puns and word play, adult food items encourage their young ones to keep trying new things.
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This book's author, James E. Larson, believes puns are an example of intelligent humor. At first, the reader is trying to figure out the juxtaposition of two different words that may sound identical but have two different meanings, and/or then they are looking up the different meanings of the words to obtain their exact definitions. Either way, you are learning something which is a good thing. The author hopes you enjoy this book and it brings you...
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This book's author, James E. Larson, believes puns are an example of intelligent humor. At first, the reader is trying to figure out the juxtaposition of two different words that may sound identical but have two different meanings, and/or then they are looking up the different meanings of words to obtain their exact definitions. Either way, you are learning something which is a good thing. The author hopes you enjoy this book and it brings you a smile...
15) Subway Rat
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I've often heard that there's a mysterious light at the end of a tunnel. We are all in the tunnel together. We move forward, not backward, through places that cause us to stop and observe, feel, and participate in what can help us travel to this light. Random acts of kindness, a job we enjoy, and trying to keep our mind, body, and spirit healthy are necessary to be on the right track in the tunnel. The right track invites change.
Stop, take a look...
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Malapropism - A word or phrase that has been mistaken for another, usually because of its sound rather than its meaning.
Everyone has made the mistake of using a word or phrase that they think sounds correct, but in fact is not. Malapropisms make some sense. They have a semantic logic to them, even if that logic makes perfect nonsense. In Going to Hell in a Hen Basket, author Robert Alden Rubin delights in the creative misuse of words and celebrates...
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LOL is a tongue-in-cheek look at language trends in the wireless age through the jaundiced eye of a self-hating Luddite and grammar scold. LOL: Losing Our Language is an irreverent guide to what's funny about the American English vernacular in the new millennium. LOL sheds crocodile tears over the fate of our language as it bends to the will of such pervasively destructive influences as adolescent bloggers and semi-literate pop culture icons. If you...
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This book's author, James E. Larson, believes puns are an example of intelligent humor. At first, the reader is trying to figure out the juxtaposition of two different words that may sound identical but have two different meanings of the words to obtain their exact definitions. Either way, you are learning something which is a good thing. The author hopes you enjoy this book and it brings you a smile at least. In today's world, that is sometimes all...
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Make yourself and your friends and family crack up with a book of puns from Smitty's everyday humorous thoughts and conversations. Enjoy a collection of yo' (family) jokes, cunning catch phrases, and witty pickup lines for to share at your next social gathering and brighten your day.
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From the international bestselling author Amy Plum comes this illustrated series of rhyming couplets memorializing the mysterious deaths of twenty-six residents of the City of Light. For every letter there's another gruesome end linked to a famous spot, leading the reader on a deliciously ghoulish tour through Paris. The photos were taken by the author as she scurried around the city preparing the ghastly alphabet for her contribution as a Featured...
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