conundrum
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I feel that the existence of the word conundrum is responsible for this.
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- noun A riddle in which a fanciful question is answered by a pun.
- noun A paradoxical, insoluble, or difficult problem; a dilemma: "the conundrum, thus far unanswered, of achieving full employment without inflation” (Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.)
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I feel that the existence of the word conundrum is responsible for this.
— VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol VI No 1 -
So you have a conundrum, which is only going to result in the lowering the depths of humanity in Haiti.
— CNN Transcript Feb 23, 2004 -
The answer to this conundrum will be ascertained on reading the book.
— Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 99, November 8, 1890 -
The answer to this conundrum is the importance of the Comex futures market in setting the gold price.
— Gold Sector and Stocks Analysis from Seeking Alpha -
And my conundrum is the most unanswerable of the three.
— Victorian Short Stories of Troubled Marriages
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/ (kə-nŭnˈdrəm)/
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