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Re: What do you call them?
Posted By: wintermute, on host 62.60.25.94
Date: Sunday, December 16, 2001, at 08:01:23
In Reply To: Re: What do you call them? posted by Issachar on Sunday, December 16, 2001, at 06:15:01:

> > I've always liked sentences like these:
> > Lightning is a very striking form of electricity.
> > She was shocked to find that the TV set was still plugged in.
> > Is there a name for them? What do you call sentences like that?
>
> They somewhat resemble "Tom Swifties". Such as:
>
> "I ate the last lamb chop," Tom said sheepishly.
>
> But they're not exactly the same, so I don't know what to call them.
>
> Iss

I recently found "Tom Swifites mentioned in a book; but the examples mentioned didn't seem to illustrate what these are meant to be - the were described as being something like a pun, but I couldn't see it. Any chance of a clue?

winter"I can't track down the examples given"mute

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