daffynition

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noun

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

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Meanings

noundaffynition (plural daffynitions)

plural daffynitions

  1. 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.

    1980, Gyles Daubeney Brandreth, The Joy of Lex: How to Have Fun with 860,341,500 Words, New York: Morrow, →ISBN, page 269

Origin

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

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Rhymes & wordplay

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APA

daffynition. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/daffynition

MLA

“daffynition.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/daffynition. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “daffynition,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/daffynition.

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