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<p>157.157.47.129: It sounded like this was an example of the topic of this article, but it's an example of the other linked item. Sufficient to describe it on the linked page.</p> <hr /> <div>{{ref improve|date=May 2012}}<br /> <br /> A '''daffynition''' (a [[portmanteau]] blend of ''[[wikt:daffy|daffy]]'' and ''[[definition]]'') is a form of [[pun]] involving the reinterpretation of an existing word, on the basis that it sounds like another word (or group of words). Presented in the form of dictionary definitions, they are similar to [[transpositional puns]], but often much less complex and easier to create..<br /> <br /> Under the name '''Uxbridge English Dictionary''', making up daffynitions is a popular game on the [[BBC Radio 4]] [[comedy]] [[quiz show]] ''[[I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue]]''.<br /> <br /> A lesser-known subclass of daffynition is the ''goofinition'', which relies strictly on literal associations and correct spellings, such as &quot;lobster = a weak tennis player&quot;. This play on words is similar to [[Cockney rhyming slang]].<br /> <br /> ==Examples==<br /> &lt;!-- Please do not add any more examples to this section, as it is large enough as it is. Wikipedia is not Wiktionary or Wikisaurus, and this page need not attempt to cover every example that exists. Thank you. --&gt;<br /> <br /> *[[Wiktionary:apéritif|apéritif]]: A set of dentures. (a-pair-of-teeth)<br /> *[[Wiktionary:avoidable|avoidable]]: What a [[bullfighter]] tries to do. (avoid-a-bull)<br /> *[[Wiktionary:buccaneer|buccaneer]]: too much to pay for corn ([a]-buck-an-ear)<br /> <br /> *[[Wiktionary:dandelion|dandelion]]: A fashionably dressed big cat (dandy-lion)<br /> *[[Wiktionary:decadent|decadent]]: Possessing only ten teeth. (deca-dent)<br /> *[[Wiktionary:devastation|devastation]]: Where people wait for buses. (the-bus-station)<br /> *[[Wiktionary:dilate|dilate]]: live long (die-late)<br /> *[[Wiktionary:euthanasia|euthanasia]]: Teenagers in the world's largest continent. (youth-in-[[Asia]])<br /> *[[Wiktionary:fortunate|fortunate]]: Consumption of an expensive meal. (fortune-ate)<br /> *[[Wiktionary:impolite|impolite]]: A flaming goblin. (imp-alight)<br /> *[[Wiktionary:indistinct|indistinct]]: where one places dirty dishes (in-the-sink)<br /> *[[Wiktionary:information|information]]: how geese fly (in-formation)<br /> *[[Wiktionary:innuendoes|innuendoes]]: Italian suppositories. (in-you-end-os)<br /> *[[Wiktionary:insolent|insolent]]: Fallen off the [[Isle of Wight]] [[Isle of Wight ferry services|ferry]]. (in-[[Solent]])<br /> *[[Wiktionary:isolate|isolate]]: Me not on time. (I-(am)-so-late)<br /> *[[Wiktionary:legend|legend]]: A foot. (leg-end)<br /> *[[Wiktionary:oboe|oboe]]: A French [[tramp]]. (hobo)<br /> *[[Wiktionary:paradox|paradox]]: Two doctors. (pair-of-docs) or where one ties two boats. (Pair of docks)<br /> *[[Wiktionary:pasteurize|pasteurise]]: Too far to see. (past-your-eyes)<br /> *[[Wiktionary:protein|protein]]: In favour of youth. (pro-teen)<br /> *[[Wiktionary:propaganda|propaganda]]: A gentlemanly [[goose]]. (proper-[[goose#Etymology|gander]]) or to look at something very carefully (proper-gander, where gander is slang for looking)<br /> *[[Wiktionary:relief|relief]]: What trees do in Spring. (re-leaf)<br /> *[[Wiktionary:spaceman|specimen]]: An Italian astronaut. (spaceman)<br /> *[[Wiktionary:symmetry|symmetry]]: A South African or New Zealand graveyard. (cemetery)<br /> <br /> ==See also==<br /> * [[Sniglet]]<br /> * ''[[The Meaning of Liff]]''<br /> * ''[[The Devil's Dictionary]]''<br /> <br /> ==External links==<br /> {{wiktionary}}<br /> * [https://web.archive.org/web/20070706013031/http://www.odford.co.uk/ The Odford English Dictionary (Daffynitions)]<br /> * [https://web.archive.org/web/20090602021141/http://www.melrosebooks.com/bookDetails.php?id=151 Fuller's Dictionary of Daffynitions]<br /> <br /> [[Category:Puns]]</div>

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