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  1. pun, punning, wordplay, paronomasiaverb

    a humorous play on words

    "I do it for the pun of it"; "his constant punning irritated her"

    Synonyms:
    wordplay, paronomasia, pun, punning

  2. punverb

    make a play on words

    "Japanese like to pun--their language is well suited to punning"

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  1. punnoun

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  1. Whitney Way Thore:

    Fat-shaming is a thing ; it's a really big thing, no pun intended, it is the really nasty spawn of a larger parent problem called body-shaming, which I'm fairly certain everyone on the planet, especially women, has experienced.

  2. Steve Stanulis:

    And I think the answer would still be ‘ no. ’ I was accused of going out with a bang – no pun intended. But I guess I did go out with a bang as far as [ the work ] was concerned. … But I was always a professional.

  3. Naomi Osaka:

    I would love to go just to get some experience on the grass court, but like at the same time, for me, it's kind of like -- I don't want to say pointless, no pun intended, but I'm the type of player that gets motivated by, like, seeing my ranking go up or, like, you know, stuff like that, so I think the intention was really good, but the execution is kind of all over the place.

  4. Marco Rubio:

    The good news is that we can get this passed. We don't have to keep doing this stupidity anymore. Why we would enshrine this in our laws and keep it for so long is beyond me, hopefully, this is the year that this gets done. And pardon the pun, but this is an idea whose time has come.

  5. Gregg Popovich:

    It’s way better with fans, that’s just not a gratuitous comment, it’s for real. It helps you generate competitiveness. It makes everything more enjoyable. Players react to it. So, having fans is fantastic. No pun intended.

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