Punned

The term punned on the Taoist custom of "cleansing/washing the heart" (xǐ xīn) prior to conducting certain ceremonies or entering certain holy places, and in Chinese. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The nickname punned on CinCEur, which had been General Haig's designation as commander in chief of US forces in Europe, a position he held from 1974 to 1979. ❋ Unknown (2010)

There was even a short-lived and not too objectionable TV series that punned on her name and used her "voices" as an inspiration. ❋ John (2009)

The Albany Herald cheerfully punned that the geese were running "afowl," and back when Canada geese first started being vilified by New Yorkers (when they put Flight 1549 in the Hudson River), the New York Post quoted a "wildlife biologist" as suggesting that gassing didn't go far enough: ❋ Unknown (2010)

What Ramones and/or Sir Mix-a-lot lyric will be punned upon? ❋ Unknown (2008)

MGS 4 was also promoted with the tagline “No Place To Hide,” frequently punned as “No Place For Hideo.” ❋ SVGL (2008)

And speaking of whey, he punned, whey is another current waste product. ❋ Steve Carper (2008)

In the wake of the June defeat, Mohamed Heikal, the Egyptian pundit, punned that power had shifted from the Arab thawra (revolution) to the Arab tharwa (fortune). ❋ Kai Bird (2010)

In the French story, Wellington is punned down to Vilainton (villain-style), and the protest Nay, without even sounding the syllables another way, says Ney: Napoleon's field marshal, executed into nothingness after the ❋ Unknown (2008)

ELP punned awfully about it in "Hallowed be thy name." ❋ Unknown (2009)

I usually read your blog from my handy dandy Google Reader but I absolutely had to commend you on your five-punned sentence. ❋ Jen (2009)

By teh time Box ub Donk is o-punned, donkee will not have had any parfays or waffulss or baffroom or drinkees and will bee VERREH put owt. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Not to be out-punned, Bob Barker appeared before the L.A. City Council in November, invoking the name of his best-known gig when he said of the exhibit's $42 million cost: "The price is not right." ❋ Unknown (2009)

Clara seemed a strange companion for her loquacious husband and his witty friends, who talked unceasingly and punned without mercy. ❋ Patricia O'Toole (2008)