pun

Object

• title: There's a book coming out in April 2005 which features punning shop titles.
• reference: The punning reference to the temple site in Haggai 1:10-11, is to barrenness from dryness and drought.
• headline: I've always thought that punning headlines are written by journalists for journalists, a form of schoolboy showing off.

Converse of object

• intend: I'd like a stab at that, no pun intended ' .
• pardon: Moor Trees, if you'll pardon the pun.
• excuse: Ok, back to spines, excuse the pun... ... ... .
• forgive: If you forgive the pun in the question what's your view about changing the clocks?
• resist: I couldn't resist the pun, tho I'm sure someone else got there first.
• make: I can be wry or sarcastic or make puns or occasionally just be outright funny.

Preposition: on

• name: Not only is this a pun on the name, Nobody, which Odysseus give himself ( Bk.
• word: See Mahood for other examples of Shakespeare's puns on unspoken words.

Adjective modifier

• unintentional: We'll start, if you don't mind the unintentional pun, with the gentleman to my right.
• dreadful: Confidence is not a stable commodity ( and yes, I do know it's a dreadful pun!
• awful: Audio wise; to cop an awful pun, its pretty sound.
• witty: Instead, the solving pleasure arises from tricky clues crossword puzzle solver and witty puns.
• clever: Certainly not Hassan Elhassan... The Teutonic Finn Connolly has come up with a rather clever pun.
• terrible: I'm hoping for a cracking time... Yeah go on, groan, it's a terrible pun... .

Modifying Another Word

not: Finally, I must admit to having committed the cardinal sin ( pun not intended!

Preposition: in

title: There is an obvious pun in the title on Wicca, the pagan religion.