Editing Transpositional pun

{{Short description|Form of joke}}
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 language|English]]).<ref>{{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 }}</ref>

==Examples==

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! style=width:50% | Pun
!Original reference
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|[[Dieting]]: A waist is a terrible thing to mind.
|"A mind is a terrible thing to waste", the [[motto]] of the [[United Negro College Fund]].
|-
|[[Hangover]]s: The wrath of grapes.
|''[[The Grapes of Wrath]]''
|-
|[[Olympic Games|Olympic]] officials: The souls that time men's tries.
|"These are the times that try men's souls.", [[Thomas Paine]]
|-
|The [[oboe]]: An ill wind that nobody blows any good.
|"'Tis an ill wind that blows nobody any good."
|-
|[[Feudalism]]: It's your count that votes!
|"It's your vote that counts!"
|-
|[[mercenary|Soldiers of fortune]]: Give chance a piece.
|"Give peace a chance."
|-
|}

==See also==
* [[Antimetabole]]
* [[Anti-proverb]]
* [[Chiasmus]]
* [[Russian reversal]]
* [[Spoonerism]]

==References==
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[[Category:Puns]]