A Tom Swifty (or Tom Swiftie) is a phrase in which a quoted sentence is linked by a pun to the manner in which it is attributed. Tom Swifties may be considered...
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Swifties are the fandom of the American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift. Regarded by journalists as one of the largest, most devoted, and influential fan...
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Swifty may refer to: Swifty Lazar (1907–1993), American talent agent and deal-maker Swifty McVay (born 1974), American rapper and member of D12 Swifty...
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Swift Tom Swifty, a phrase in which a quoted sentence is linked by a pun to the manner in which it's attributed - e.g., "'It's freezing,' Tom muttered...
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Kermit's childhood friends from Kermit's Swamp Years Croaker, a type of Tom Swifty pun Croker (disambiguation) This disambiguation page lists articles associated...
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Irving Paul Lazar (redirect from Swifty Lazar)
Irving Paul "Swifty" Lazar (born Samuel Lazar; March 28, 1907 – December 30, 1993) was an American lawyer, talent agent and dealmaker, representing both...
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a "Tom Swifty".[citation needed] Some examples are "'I lost my crutches,' said Tom lamely", and "'I'll take the prisoner downstairs', said Tom condescendingly...
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speech Rhetoric Hypozeuxis Antanaclasis Anaphora Pun Syndeton Polysyndeton Tom Swifty Liddell, H. G. & al. A Greek-English Lexicon. "ζεῦγμα". Perseus Project...
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alphabet-based scripts, such as homophonic puns in Mandarin Chinese. Tom Swifties A form of humorous writing where adverbs are chosen to reflect the nature...
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etymology Mondegreen Phono-semantic matching Satiric misspelling Spoonerism Tom Swifty Ben Zimmer. "Jottings on the 'Jamaica' joke", Language Log, 14 September...
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