The brakes of the frontal lobe and children solving word puzzlesThe other day, I was drinking sparkling water in the living ...

One year ago, Congress defunded public media. Now that we're 100% community funded, please become a sustaining member or increase your existing membership today. Listen 4:17 "A pun is notoriously ...

Another popular wordplay technique is alliteration – when consonant sounds in two or more neighbouring words or syllables are ...

Psychologists Michael Apter and Mizi Desselles propose that in order for anything to be perceived as funny, we must be in a playful state of mind. In this "para-telic" state, we can let go of any ...

This article is co-published with our friends at Nieman Storyboard with permission from the author. All good writers play with words, even when they write about grave matters. The device that makes ...

Love them or hate them, you definitely can’t ignore them. Puns and wordplay jokes have an undeniable ability to make people react with either a quick chuckle or a dramatic groan. Of course, there are ...

I have my mother’s eyes but my father’s sense of humor. While I’ve inherited many genetic traits from the paternal side of my family, the one I treasure most is the ability to make puns. It has given ...