Usually means: Play on words; punning humor.
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  1. calembour: Merriam-Webster
  2. calembour: Collins English Dictionary
  3. calembour: Wordnik
  4. calembour: Wiktionary
  5. Calembour: Dictionary.com
  6. Calembour: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  7. Calembour: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  8. calembour: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  9. Calembour: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  10. Calembour: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  11. calembour: FreeDictionary.org
  12. Calembour: TheFreeDictionary.com

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▸ noun:  A pun.

Similar:
bumboclaat, punner, crambambulee, pasquilant, mameluke, amberlamps, railleur, crapaud, farceur, pasquin, more...

Opposite:
malapropism, seriousness, solemnity

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Similar:
bumboclaat, punner, crambambulee, pasquilant, mameluke, amberlamps, railleur, crapaud, farceur, pasquin, more...

Opposite:
malapropism, seriousness, solemnity



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