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The Smoking Pun: Crimes Against the Language (Paperback)

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This collection of 44 puns, each accompanied by a funny illustration, analyzes in endnotes the origins, roots, prefixes, suffixes, and linguistic peculiarities of certain punned words. Tricky twists turn phrases such as "religiously ambivalent" into "either-or-thodox," and illuminating notes explain how such phrases as "no stone unturned" mutated from the darker "no bones unburned," which refers to the digging up and destroying of the bones of people posthumously convicted of heresy. Readers are also invited to submit their own puns using mail-in forms at the back of the book.

About the Author

Thaddeus Taylor is a songwriter and composer whose clients include R & D Thinktank, United Way, and Medical City–Dallas Hospital. He lives in San Antonio, Texas. Tom Nynas is a teacher of design and typography at Texas A&M–Commerce and his work has appeared in Communication Arts, Graphis Design Annual, and Graphis Logo. He lives in Dallas.

Product Details

  • Paperback: 112 pages
  • Publisher: Cerebral Market (August 28, 2006)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0977046907
  • ISBN-13: 978-0977046904
  • Product Dimensions: 5.7 x 5.5 x 0.4 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 2.4 ounces
  • Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #403,210 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Smart Humor - Intelligiggles, September 9, 2006
By Mark E. Mckinney (San Jose, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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It's rare that you find an author that creates a whole new genre of humor. Are the puns? Are the riddles? What the heck are they? They are just plain funny! Highly recommend having this somewhere where friends can pick up the book while you cook them a spaghetti dinner. It will make for excellent "mealtainment".
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Don't read while operating heavy machinery!, January 13, 2007
By Duncan Cover (San Antonio, Texas USA) - See all my reviews
Brilliant and funny. Thaddeus Taylor is a lexicographical wizard.

You think you don't want to read a book about puns? Remember when you said you wouldn't like Douglas Adams because you don't read science fiction? You'll find yourself following people around reading this book aloud to them, choking with laughter.

Get it before someone else does.
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1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars too obscure, January 7, 2008
I would not recommend this book for most. You must be a total word freak to enjoy it, not a casual pun fan.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews

5.0 out of 5 stars Great book for the intellinerd
Great book! Very intelligent humor. Good gift for writers, English teachers or anyone that appreciates the English language.
Published 14 months ago by nic

1.0 out of 5 stars Ugh.
This book is so horrible in every which way imaginable. There were a few semi-funny puns in this book, but that's it. Read more
Published 15 months ago by Teresa Eastlack

3.0 out of 5 stars Pretty punny but sparse
Good book, good puns - some real funny. Not a whole lot of content but worth the price.
Published 23 months ago by Ken Dickensheets

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