Funny and Wordplay

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Funny noun - Something said or done to cause laughter.

Usage example: let's can the funnies—we've got serious work to do here

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Wordplay and funny are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Wordplay" instead a noun "Funny".

Nearby Words: funning, funnily

Wordplay noun - A humorous play on words.

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Funny and wordplay are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Funny" instead a noun "Wordplay".

The Earth was discovered (so to say) by Alien teenagers in the Cryogenium, and in their language "Muine Goyrc" is a very funny (but sadly untranslatable) wordplay.

Source: Literature / Year Zero
Biff Tannen in Back to the Future is constantly, err, biffing his attempts at wordplay with lines like "Why don't you make like a tree and get out of here," and "That's as funny as a screen door on a battleship." Presumably everyone is too afraid of him to correct him.

Source: Cannot Tell a Joke

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