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.

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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

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Surreal

4.

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

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homophones

5.

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

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homograph

6.

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

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idiom

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Abnormal or different from the usual expectation.

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Peculiar

8.

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accumulated knowledge or learning

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wisdom

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a state of not knowing; lack of awareness or education

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ignorance