Word: punning
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...post after he publicly sided with the 1989 Tiananmen Square protesters; in Beijing. Zhao joined the Communist Party in 1938 and eventually rose to be its General Secretary, a leader fondly remembered by many Chinese. Peasants in Sichuan used to say, "Yao chi liang, Zhao Ziyang," a rhyming pun that means, roughly, "If you want to eat, look for Zhao." After trying to prevent the brutal Tiananmen crackdown, he was purged and placed under house arrest, where he remained for the rest of his life...
After an hour of liberally (no pun intended) partaking in sangria and giving the no-shows—Warren M. Tusk, Ryan J. Fitzpatrick, Sameer Narang and Caleb I. Franklin—a chance to make an appearance, each of the seniors present an object that tells a story about themselves...
...it’s not all sex. Terry is inspired by fashion in an altogether different manner. “I’d hoped I could make a pun on this tie with Ty winning,” he says regretfully...
However, there are—sometimes, somewhere-—reasons not to lament our depressing mediocrity: the sudden appearance of cowboy or slouchy or moon boots, the occasional glimmer of jewel tones and some one-off cigarette-cut jeans. Closet fashionistas (pun intended) and savvy retailers conspire to save the student population from utter ugliness...
Frommer was amenable to an Obama t-shirt but was having trouble coming up with a catchy pun. “She thought maybe she could rhyme Obama with baby’s mama,” Riesman recalled. He offered an alternative: “Barack and Roll,” the name of his concert, as well as “Barack My World...