/tags/puns Puns en-US Copyright Tue, 04 Feb 2020 17:20:31 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2020-02-04/ways-to-avoid-punsplaining Hold your groans! Wordplay can be inventive, poignant and, at its finest, a shared discovery. Some of the finest examples are portmanteaus: word mashups… Tue, 04 Feb 2020 17:20:31 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2020-02-04/ways-to-avoid-punsplaining Grant Holub-Moorman, Frank Stasio /arts-culture/2020-02-04/ways-to-avoid-punsplaining Hold your groans! Wordplay can be inventive, poignant and, at its finest, a shared discovery. Some of the finest examples are portmanteaus: word mashups… Tue, 04 Feb 2020 17:20:31 GMT /arts-culture/2020-02-04/ways-to-avoid-punsplaining Grant Holub-Moorman, Frank Stasio /show/the-state-of-things/2018-02-15/pundemonium-the-great-durham-pun-contest You might find this PUN-believable, but there is an annual pun competition held in Durham each year. Contestants are matched up for one-on-one pun-offs… Thu, 15 Feb 2018 17:00:20 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2018-02-15/pundemonium-the-great-durham-pun-contest Amanda Magnus, Frank Stasio /arts-culture/2018-02-15/pundemonium-the-great-durham-pun-contest You might find this PUN-believable, but there is an annual pun competition held in Durham each year. Contestants are matched up for one-on-one pun-offs… Thu, 15 Feb 2018 17:00:20 GMT /arts-culture/2018-02-15/pundemonium-the-great-durham-pun-contest Amanda Magnus, Frank Stasio /show/the-state-of-things/2015-09-21/meet-george-gopen-exploring-the-complexities-and-eloquence-of-the-english-language George Gopen thought it was a riot when he beat his college roommate in a pun contest. "If you keep maltreating your girlfriend, she will send you a dijon… Mon, 21 Sep 2015 15:45:29 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2015-09-21/meet-george-gopen-exploring-the-complexities-and-eloquence-of-the-english-language Will Michaels, Frank Stasio /education/2015-09-21/meet-george-gopen-exploring-the-complexities-and-eloquence-of-the-english-language George Gopen thought it was a riot when he beat his college roommate in a pun contest. "If you keep maltreating your girlfriend, she will send you a dijon… Mon, 21 Sep 2015 15:45:29 GMT /education/2015-09-21/meet-george-gopen-exploring-the-complexities-and-eloquence-of-the-english-language Will Michaels, Frank Stasio /show/the-state-of-things/2015-03-20/crowning-the-pun-master Since ancient Greece, rhetoric has been a powerful form of speech used to persuade and impress an audience.Today, the wittiest among us sometimes exchange… Fri, 20 Mar 2015 16:07:19 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2015-03-20/crowning-the-pun-master Will Michaels, Frank Stasio /arts-culture/2015-03-20/crowning-the-pun-master Since ancient Greece, rhetoric has been a powerful form of speech used to persuade and impress an audience.Today, the wittiest among us sometimes exchange… Fri, 20 Mar 2015 16:07:19 GMT /arts-culture/2015-03-20/crowning-the-pun-master Will Michaels, Frank Stasio