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feghoot

n. A short story ending in a pun.

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Feghoot

A story pun (also known as a poetic story joke or Feghoot) is a humorous short story or vignette ending in a pun (typically a play on a well-known phrase) where the story contains sufficient context to recognize the punning humor. It can be considered a type of shaggy dog story.

Usage examples of "feghoot".

It was this resourcefulness that Feghoot was demonstrating to his rookies.

THE PLANET OF LOCKMANIA, INHABITED though it was by intelligent beings that looked like large wombats, had adopted the American legal system, and Ferdinand Feghoot had been sent there by the Earth Confederation to study the results.

Ferdinand Feghoot, the famous interplanetary explorer, had arrived at Planet Pearl to pay his respects to its queen, the renowned Mother of Pearl.

This Feghoot is by Reginald Bretnor writing under the pen name Grendel Briarton.

This Feghoot was written by Reginald Bretnor writing under the pen name of Grendel Briarton.