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Pun-ishing Adjectives

A look at puns as adjectives

"I'd like to make a toast,"; Tom said warmly. This is an adverb pun and is called a Tom Swiftly as a ridicule of the writing style found in the old Tom Swift adventure books. A variation of the Tom Swiftly is the pun-ishing adjectives. Here's a sampling.


When Willy Nilly joined the track team, he was considered a dashing young man.

There was a man from Limerick who disliked diversified poetry.

When Minnie Mumm stuffed a baloney sandwich in her mouth, she looked gorgeous.

When Captain Crook lost one hand, his other was, of course, impaired.

Rusty Steele found the jail bars a bit too ironic.

The fact that it was blurry did not mean it was a mistaken picture.

The Bumsteads had a petty argument over Daisy the dog.

As inmates miles apart, Eb and Flo could only enjoy a phoney relationship.

Igor Beever found chasing patients around the sanitarium a rewarding job.

Tim Burr was so sensible that the dogs could easily track him down.

Because of elf noises, the tentative camper never did hike into the woods.

After his pie shop tantrum, Hank O'Hare went through tortuous legal proceedings.

It's a myth that Native Indians used to talk ugly.

Even though he lost often, Cy Clopps was still an unloved tennis player.

During the War, the government instituted a rational gasoline policy.

At nudist camps, people are bare ly comfortable.

Casting her ballot for Senator Snooze gave Lotta Flem an electric feeling.

When Sela Bessey had triplets, her material instincts went into overdrive.

During elections, candidates rely on pollution results.

Strange women often slapped Doc Trin because of his lustrous looks.