Transpositional pun

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).

Examples

See also

• Antimetabole
• Anti-proverb
• Chiasmus
• Russian reversal
• Spoonerism

References

1. Chiasmus
2. Anti-proverb
3. Yakov Smirnoff
4. Daffynition
5. Switcheroo