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How did the class do?
The next week the class brought in headlines from newspapers using puns, and
lines from telly programmes (many popular topical shows use puns). One person
brought in the book More Viz Crap Jokes
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, every single joke in it was the most
terrible pun imaginable, but it was somehow compelling to read. One person had
written a whole load of fabulous redefinitions and he’s kindly let me use them.
Composer... a girl modelling on the worldwide web
Conceit... a chair suitable for a villain
Defile... what a Jamaican manicurist uses
for de-nails
Diversion... Exit’s mission statement
Doldrums... Barbie’s percussion instruments
Effluent... an accomplished blasphemer
(this one is very clever)
Expects... an old pair of glasses
Fundamental... sponsoring a loony
Ghoulish... a badly cooked goulash
Gruesome... home grown vegetables
Inspects... fashionable glasses
Maritime... wedding day
Matrimony... someone who complains in bed
Morass... big bottomed
Morbid... a compulsive eBayer
(this is my favourite)
Offput... a bad golf stroke

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Outrider... a gay biker
Potent... a portable lavvy
Reverse... poetry recited backwards
(this could be a cryptic crossword clue)
Tadpole... a Polish midget

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