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pun.

zhombitsu, n. Pun; wordplay used for humourous effect. Originating in the idiom zhombeneí tshitsu meaning "punching word," numerous writers liken the recognition of wordplay to being hit in the head with a fist. The effectiveness of a pun is hence measured in the same way as an insult: by naming a comparable bodily injury. (Nohenéú saní trúai múbatis kwes laní zhombitsefal: "Still my eyes are bleeding because of her pun.")

See inflection scheme: iomanazinení noun
See inflection scheme: sarasí noun
See inflection scheme: zeyetaní noun
See inflection scheme: íomanazinení verb

tags: noun, linguistics, communication, rhetoric
reverse terms: pun, wordplay