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Displaying all articles tagged:
Wordplay
wordplay
Sept. 28, 2017
The Food Puns in This Week’s Episode of
The Good Place
Are Spectacular
Knish From a Rose! From Schmear to Eternity! Beignet and the Jets!
By
Jackson McHenry
June 19, 2017
An Excerpt from ‘Away with Words,’ by Joe Berkowitz
We’ve now reached the pun solstice, the verbal equinox. The Henry Pun-Off is six months away, a comfortably far-off X in next year’s calendar. […]
By
Brian Boone
June 1, 2015
Taylor Swifties, by Norman Birnbach
“I never imagined I’d be so successful,” Taylor Swift said dreamily. “I loved the commercial I did with all those cats,” Taylor Swift […]
By
Brian Boone
Apr. 27, 2015
Auctioneering School Courses, by Alonso Cisneros
Gentleman in the Back 101. Introductory course to the gentleman in the back. The class will culminate in learning the name of this man, his […]
By
Brian Boone
Wordplay
Feb. 25, 2015
We’ve Hit Peak ‘Sommelier’
How long will it be before someone takes the title of bone-broth sommelier?
By
Alan Sytsma
Word Play
June 5, 2014
Nonsense Names: The Rise of Restaurant Gibberish
Estela, Piora, Contra, All’onda, Narcissa, blah, blah, blah,
By
Sierra Tishgart
the c word
Mar. 14, 2014
Welcome to the Dictionary,
C-nty
!
Oh cunty day!
By
Allison P. Davis
most valuable stars 2013
Oct. 25, 2013
If the Most Valuable Stars Had Spooky, Scary Halloween Twitter Names
Leonardo DiCapitated, Bradley Spooker, Matt Demon, and more!
By
Nessie Scotland Lochs,
Flimsey Spider Web-er,
and
Jesse David Fox
wordplay
Sept. 12, 2011
The New Yorker
Has Rejected All of Zach Galifianakis’s Cartoon Captions
He hasn’t been able to crack their esoteric formula.
By
Kyle Buchanan
wordplay
Aug. 16, 2011
Did Conan O’Brien’s Influence Make the Barbarian Change the Pronunciation of His Name?
It used to be “Co-NAN.” Now it’s “CO-nin.”
By
Willa Paskin
wordplay
Sept. 23, 2010
Sofia Vergara Demonstrates How Best to Pronounce ‘Shia LaBeouf’
“She-ya LeBooooof,” obviously.
By
Willa Paskin