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Title Away with words : an irreverent tour through the world of pun competitions / Joe Berkowitz.
Author Berkowitz, Joe, 1980- author.
Publication Info. New York : Harper Perennial, [2017]
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 Orlando Public Library (Downtown) - Fourth Floor  808.7 BER    Check Shelves
Edition First edition.
Description 272 pages ; 21 cm
text txt rdacontent
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volume nc rdacarrier
Contents If there's a pun in the first act -- Welcome to the punderdome -- The place beyond the puns -- Spitting the Lotto ticket -- The punning linguists -- Games and shows -- All the puns that are fit to print -- @ the joke of midnight -- The cauliflower's cumin from inside the house -- The graffiti castle -- Mutually assured pun destruction -- Punniest of show -- Punslingers.
Summary "Fast Company reporter Joe Berkowitz investigates the bizarre and hilarious world of pun competitions from the Punderdome 3000 in Brooklyn to the World competition in Austin." -- from page [4] cover.
Subject Puns and punning -- Competitions.
American wit and humor.
Puns and punning -- Competitions.
Genre Humor.
Humor -- Form -- Essays.
Added Title Way with words
ISBN 9780062495600 : $15.99
0062495607
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