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Punned

Punned | Punning

Punned meaning

simple past and past participle of pun

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For example, in Chinese, a pun may be based on a similarity in shape of the written character, despite a complete lack of phonetic similarity in the words punned upon.

Sam Isaacs' trademark was the phrase "This is the Plaice ", combined with a picture of the punned-upon fish in question.