Word play Word play An anagram ( Greek ana- = "back" or "again", and graphein = "to write") is a type of word play, the result of rearranging the letters of a word or phrase to produce other words, using all the original letters exactly once. Anagrams are often expressed in the form of an equation, with the equals symbol (=) separating the original subject and the resulting anagram. ‘Earth = heart’ is an example of a simple anagram expressed so. In a more advanced, sophisticated form of anagramming, the aim is to ‘discover’ a result that possesses linguistic meaning which comments on the original subject in a humorous or ironic way; e.g., Roll in the hay = Thrill a honey (discovered by Tony Crafter). When the subject and the resulting anagram form a complete sentence, a tilde (~) is used instead of an equal sign; e.g., Semolina ~ is no meal. ...more on Wikipedia about "Anagram"
In linguistics, an apronym is a word, which as an acronym or backronym, has a meaning related to the meaning of the words constituting the acronym or backronym. For example, the acronym for Seasonal affective disorder, SAD, reflects the actual meaning of the term, which refers to sadness or depression caused by the typical characteristics of winter (lack of light, cloudiness, rain, etc.). Homonyms of a word may also be used to form apronyms. ...more on Wikipedia about "Apronym"
A Bushism is a word, phrase, or other grammatical configurations unique to the style of President George W. Bush while speaking publicly and usually extemporaneously. Quite often the meaning is different from the intended message and creates a humorous phrase. These phrases have crept into popular folklore and there have been entire websites dedicated to this. ...more on Wikipedia about "Bushism"
A Feghoot is a humorous short story or vignette ending in an atrocious pun. ...more on Wikipedia about "Feghoot"
"Hello, Sailor" is a mysterious phrase related to Infocom's text adventure Zork universe. ...more on Wikipedia about "Hello, Sailor"
Humpty Dumptyism (sometimes hyphenated or written as a single word) is the insistence on a meaning of a word that is not generally accepted by others. The term derives from Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll (Chapter 6): ...more on Wikipedia about "Humpty Dumptyism"
A pun (also known as paronomasia) is a figure of speech which consists of a deliberate confusion of similar words or phrases for rhetorical effect, whether humorous or serious. A pun can rely on the assumed equivalency of multiple similar words ( homonymy), of different shades of meaning of one word ( polysemy), or of a literal meaning with a metaphor. Bad puns are often considered to be cheesy. ...more on Wikipedia about "Pun"
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A recursive acronym is an acronym (or occasionally, a backronym) which refers to itself in the expression for which it stands, similar to a recursive abbreviation. Though, because of their lack of a termination condition, perhaps a more accurate term would be circular acronym. ...more on Wikipedia about "Recursive acronym"
A Spoonerism is a play on words in which corresponding consonants or vowels are switched (see metathesis), named after the Reverend William Archibald Spooner ( 1844– 1930), Warden of New College, Oxford, who was notoriously prone to this tendency. Some of his famous (and apocryphal) quotes from the chapel include "The Lord is a shoving leopard," "It is kisstomary to cuss the bride," and "Mardon me padam, this pie is occupewed. Can I sew you to another sheet?." (Pardon me, madam, this pew is occupied. Can I show you to another seat?) The spoonerism is a now legendary 'slip of the tongue.' ...more on Wikipedia about "Spoonerism"
A Tom Swifty (or Tom Swiftie) is a phrase in which a quoted sentence is linked by a pun to the manner in which it is represented as having been said. Tom Swifties may be considered a type of Wellerism. ...more on Wikipedia about "Tom Swifties"
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