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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 par·o·no·ma·sia /ˌpærənoˈmeʒ(i)ə, ˌpærˌɑnəˈme-/
 雙關語,俏皮話,文字遊戲

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Par·o·no·ma·si·a n.  Rhet. A play upon words; a figure by which the same word is used in different senses, or words similar in sound are set in opposition to each other, so as to give antithetical force to the sentence; punning.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 paronomasia
      n : a humorous play on words; "I do it for the pun of it"; "his
          constant punning irritated her" [syn: pun, punning, wordplay]