Groan elicitors, often

Usage examples of puns.

This was tougher than she had expected, as the dragon was coming up with some puns that were new to her, but the contest did seem to be fairly run.

She would continue to play the game of puns if that was what the dragons wanted, knowing that they would in the end consider her proposal.

But that was the nature of puns: they were obvious in retrospect, seldom in foresight.

It's a land of magic and puns, and many nonhuman creatures who may be as smart as humans.

Then she got to work explaining the nature of puns to Panion, who had trouble getting it.

Critics claim that Xanth is nothing but egregious puns, but that's because they lack the wit to pick up on the subtler humor.

She could not create puns consciously, and even had that been possible, what pun would suffice for something as unfunny as this?

The Zombie Master did so, but Unpun could no longer make puns disappear.

For one thing, there was now no nullification of all the puns that grew in her wake.

She left her body in a safe place for the duration, and her soul went to reside in one of the few places where puns were welcome in any concentration.

They all have common elements, of course, such as puns, romance, adventure, magic, and continuing characters and setting.

I advised readers in the Author's Notes that I didn't want any more puns, and I stopped using them.

Except during the Waves of Colonization which bring new human settlers, or in the upheaval of a wiggle swarm, it is a peaceful land— for one that uses puns as fundamental building blocks.

Even beyond the puns, Xanth is real the same way that Santa Claus is real.

Readers seem divided, with some even sending in puns, which largess I am trying to discourage.