Homonymnastics
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A four-step method for crafting puns:
- Suss out the pith and key words of what you want to say.
- List relevant synonyms, looking for like-sounding words called “homonyms.”
- Combine the homonyms in phrases to see whether any make sense.
- Use the successful homonyms in context.