Grammar and humour
There
are some jokes that play on various grammatical and literary concepts, that
have been circulating on social media, here is my take on some more.
· An
Interjection bursts into a bar, exclaiming, “What a night!”
· A
Split Infinitive walks into a bar, boldly going where no one has gone before.
· A Split Infinitive boldly walks into a bar.
· An
Ellipsis walks into a bar… and then just trails off.
· An Ellipsis walks into a bar… and just keeps going.
· A
Double Negative walks into a bar and orders a drink, saying, “I don’t not
want a beer.”
· An
Onomatopoeia walks into a bar with a bang, a crash, and a boom.
· An Onomatopoeia crashes into a bar, BOOM!
· A
Personification strolls into a bar, and the door greets it with a smile.
· An
Alliteration walks into a bar, asking for a pint of perfect pilsner.
· A
Hypercorrection walks into a bar and corrects the bartender’s grammar.
· A
Tautology walks into a bar and orders a free free drink.
· A Tautology walks into a bar and orders a drink because a drink is what it wants.
· An
Euphemism walks into a bar and asks for a “gentleman’s drink.”
· A
Red Herring walks into a bar, but it’s just there to distract you from the real
joke.
· An
Anachronism walks into a bar, wearing a top hat and ordering a martini.
· A
Pleonasm walks into a bar and orders a completely and utterly full glass of
beer.
· A
Neologism walks into a bar and invents a new word for “fun.”
· An
Idiom walks into a bar, saying it’s “raining cats and dogs” outside.
· A Jargon walks into a bar, speaking in technical terms that confuse everyone.
· A
Homophone walks into a bar, asking for a “bare” instead of a
“bear.”
· A homophone walks into a bar, whether it likes it or knot.
· A
Homograph walks into a bar, wondering if it’s a “bank” or a
“bank.”
· A
Metonymy walks into a bar, asking for “the White House” instead of
the bartender.
· A Metonymy strolls into a bar and says, “Give me a pint of the strong stuff.”
· An
Enjambment walks into a bar, continuing the sentence from the previous room.
· A
semicolon walks into a bar; it connects with everyone.
· A
misplaced apostrophe walks into a bar, orders it’s usual.
· A
contraction walks into a bar. “I’ll have what she’s having.”
· A
palindrome walks into a bar, saying, “Madam, in Eden, I’m Adam.”
· An
appositive walks into a bar, its friend, a bartender, nods knowingly.
· A
rhetorical question walks into a bar, who needs drinks anyway?
· A
parenthesis walks into a bar (it’s not really sure why).
· An
understatement walks into a bar, says, “This isn’t the worst place I’ve
been.”
· A
litotes walks into a bar, not displeased to be there.
· An
antonym walks into a bar, walks out sober.
· A
capitalization walks into a Bar, making a Big Deal of It.
· An
anagram strolls into a bra… I mean, bar.
· A
spoonerism walks into a bar and orders a well-boiled icicle.
· A
paradox walks into a bar and says, “I’m nobody.”
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