Wit and Wisdom

Wit and Wisdom

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1.

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A playful or clever use of words to create humor.

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wordplay

2.

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A humorous play on words based on two words or phrases that are close in sounds but different in meaning.

Back

pun

3.

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Bizarre, weird, or eerie; having a dream like quality; beyond real; very strange or unusual. Options: Surrereal, ignorance, surreal, wisdome

Back

Surreal

4.

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Two or more words that have the same pronunciation but different spellings and different meanings

Back

homophones

5.

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Two or more words that are spelled the same but have different meanings.

Back

homograph

6.

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A phrase or expression that means something other than the literal meaning of its individual words.

Back

idiom

7.

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Front

Abnormal or different from the usual expectation.

Back

Peculiar

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