daffynition
nounEtymology Blend of daffy (“mad; eccentric”) + definition.
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A form of pun involving the reinterpretation of an existing word, on the basis that it sounds like another word or phrase.
- Daffynitions appear in fictionaries, not dictionaries, and they add hidden dimensions to the words they describe.1980, Gyles Daubeney Brandreth, The Joy of Lex: How to Have Fun with 860,341,500 Words, New York: Morrow, →ISBN, page 269:
- Related terms
- mondegreen