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punned

  • past participle of pun.
  • past tense form of pun.

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Parton punned, adding, “That was such a baaad joke.”

From Los Angeles Times May 12, 2023

Perhaps the Anthropocene has already become an anthropomeme: punned and pimped into stuplimity, its presence in popular discourse often just a virtue signal that merely mandates the user to proceed with the work of consumption.

From The Guardian Apr. 1, 2016

He created sentences that punned with double meanings, and arranged elaborate pranks for his sister and friends — these often involved water balloons.

From Washington Post Dec. 8, 2014

Perhaps he still smarted at the “Joys and Sarris” subtitle of Kael’s 1963 screed; she had punned on a mispronunciation of his name, which rhymes with Harris, not Doris.

From Time Jun. 21, 2012

"My, what a rambunctious ram!" punned Roy; "he ramified all over, didn't he?"

From The Girl Aviators' Motor Butterfly by Burnham, Margaret