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- noun A new
concept arising from, or named from, apun on existingterms .
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Blend of pun and concept, coined by Gregory Ulmer.
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Two (or more) distinct ideas that have joined together conceptually as a result of a mutual pun.
"Puns play a greater role than is generally realized in the formation of concepts and thus in the mechanisms of thought itself." (From "The Puncept in Grammatology," by Gregory Ulmer. "On Puns: The Foundation of Letters," (1988) Ed. Jonathan Culler.)
July 10, 2010