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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
pun .
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The term punned on the Taoist custom of "cleansing/washing the heart" (xǐ xīn) prior to conducting certain ceremonies or entering certain holy places, and in Chinese.
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The term punned on the Taoist custom of "cleansing/washing the heart" (xǐ xīn) prior to conducting certain ceremonies or entering certain holy places, and in Chinese.
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The nickname punned on CinCEur, which had been General Haig's designation as commander in chief of US forces in Europe, a position he held from 1974 to 1979.
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The nickname punned on CinCEur, which had been General Haig's designation as commander in chief of US forces in Europe, a position he held from 1974 to 1979.
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There was even a short-lived and not too objectionable TV series that punned on her name and used her "voices" as an inspiration.
May 30 -- St Joan of Arc John 2009
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There was even a short-lived and not too objectionable TV series that punned on her name and used her "voices" as an inspiration.
May 30 -- St Joan of Arc John 2009
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The Albany Herald cheerfully punned that the geese were running "afowl," and back when Canada geese first started being vilified by New Yorkers (when they put Flight 1549 in the Hudson River), the New York Post quoted a "wildlife biologist" as suggesting that gassing didn't go far enough:
Nathan Robinson: Who Will Weep for the Geese? New York's Mass Avian Murder Plot 2010
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What Ramones and/or Sir Mix-a-lot lyric will be punned upon?
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MGS 4 was also promoted with the tagline “No Place To Hide,” frequently punned as “No Place For Hideo.”
Archive 2008-06-01 SVGL 2008
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The Albany Herald cheerfully punned that the geese were running "afowl," and back when Canada geese first started being vilified by New Yorkers (when they put Flight 1549 in the Hudson River), the New York Post quoted a "wildlife biologist" as suggesting that gassing didn't go far enough:
Nathan Robinson: Who Will Weep for the Geese? New York's Mass Avian Murder Plot 2010
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