101 TOM SWIFTIES. A Pun exercise

Tom Swiftie is a short joke that uses a slightly different double meaning for an adverb, which is great for practicing wordplay jokes.

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Pun a phrase with an adverb, using the format: “[phrase]” he said “[adverb]-ly.

I have a split personality,” said Tom, being frank.

“I hope you freeze to death”, he said quite coldly

“I got my barber’s license!” he said cuttingly.

“Anyone seen my lungs?” he asked breathlessly.

“Let’s slice up that hot pizza,” Kalvin offered peacefully.

A pun is defined by Webster (p. 1461) as “the humorous use of a word, or of words which are formed or sounded alike but have different meanings, in such a way as to play on two or more of the possible applications; a play on words.”