LAS LENGUAS INGLESA Y ESPAÑOLA de Delfín Carbonell

 ChatGPT has recently allowed itself the luxury of correcting my usage of "pun" as a synonym of "retruécano." As I tend to make mistakes galore, I have decided to go to the sources, and the sources are monolingual dictionaries, not bilingual ones. Let us compare: Random House Webster's . PUN: The humorous use of a word or phrase so as to emphasize or suggest its different meanings or applications, or the use of words that are alike or nearly alike in sound but different in meaning; a play on words. Diccionario María Moliner. RETRUÉCANO: Chiste conseguido manejando palabras parónimas (de forma parecida y distinto significado).  MM does a better job at definition, concise and to the point. Is "retruécano" a good equivalent of "pun"?

  A pun is a form of wordplay that exploits the multiple meanings of a word, or the similarity of sound between different words, to create a humorous or witty effect. Puns often involve clever wordplay, double entendre, or tricks on words. The Spanish equivalent is retruécano , although it is not a well-known word, or even commonly used. Examples are: -I used to be a baker but I could not make enough dough. -Why did the bicycle fall over? Because it was two-tired. -I bought a wooden whistle, but it wooden whistle.