punny
Americanadjective
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Between 2007 and 2015, the trio starred in four movies featuring computer-generated chipmunks and bearing punny titles like “The Squeakquel,” “The Road Chip” and “Chipwrecked.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
The word is simple, punny, self-explanatory, and even historically significant.
From Salon ● Feb. 15, 2024
You can see how it got greenlit with that easily marketable, punny title.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 10, 2023
In a marked departure from today’s raucous and punny picket lines, the guilds did not picket or demonstrate, according to contemporaneous articles that called the nature of the strikes “firm but polite.”
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 18, 2023
On Twitter, some users like to change their display names to punny Halloween-themed handles at the start of October.
From New York Times ● Oct. 11, 2021
We’ll withhold judgment for now on the magenta lighting scheme and the punniest nickname.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 20, 2018
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