daffynition

noun

Etymology

Blend of daffy (“mad; eccentric”) + definition.

  1. derived from dēfīnītiō
  2. derived from definition
  3. inherited from diffinicioun
  4. compounded as daffynition — “daffy + definition

Definitions

  1. A form of pun involving the reinterpretation of an existing word, on the basis that it…

    A form of pun involving the reinterpretation of an existing word, on the basis that it sounds like another word or phrase.

    • Daffynitions appear in fictionaries, not dictionaries, and they add hidden dimensions to the words they describe.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for daffynition. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA