Transpositional pun

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A transpositional pun is a pun format with two aspects. It involves transposing the words in a well-known phrase or saying to get a daffynition-like clever redefinition of a well-known word unrelated to the original phrase. The redefinition is thus the first aspect, and the transposition the second aspect. As a result, transpositional puns are considered among the most difficult to create, and commonly the most challenging to comprehend, particularly for non-native speakers of the language in which they're given (most commonly English).{{cite book | title=The Pun Also Rises | publisher=Gotham Books | author=Pollack, John | year=2012 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/isbn_9781592406753/page/12 12–13] | isbn=978-1-59240-675-3 | url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9781592406753/page/12 }}