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All posts tagged

puns

May 10, 2018

More Literary Pet Names Using Puns Unworthy of Their Namesakes

by Kristen Arnett and Mary Laura Philpott
March 6, 2018

Literary Pet Names Using Puns Unworthy of Their Namesakes

by Mary Laura Philpott and Kristen Arnett
February 8, 2013

Dispatches From a Guy Trying Unsuccessfully to Sell a Song in Nashville: Dispatch 38: The Pun is Not Your Friend

by Charlie Hopper
July 30, 2003

McSweeney’s Brain Exploder: “And Stay Tuned for St. Thomas Morgantown!”

by Carlton Doby
March 23, 1999

This is a Headline with “2001” in it

by Stuart Wade

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November 10, 2022

A Parent’s Typical Day, as Envisioned by My Child’s Preschool

by Ruyi Wen
November 15, 2022

I’m Wearing Tunics Now

by Wendi Aarons
November 17, 2022

I’m a Middle School Boy, and I Refuse to Wear Anything but Basketball Shorts in the Winter

by Emily Menez
October 25, 2022

If I Emailed My Parents Like Democrats Email Me

by Sarah Gruen and Chandler Dean

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November 30, 2022

As the Oldest Person in this American Eagle Store, What’s My Duty in the Event of an Active Shooter?

by Hallie Pritts
November 29, 2022

T. S. Eliot’s “The Waste Land” as Occupy Democrats Tweets

by Andrew Williams
November 29, 2022

Child Interrupts Sing-Along to Examine Whether He Is “Happy” and He “Knows It”

by Michael McKoy
November 28, 2022

Rainer Maria Rilke’s Letters to a Young MC

by Stephen Ruddy