All Reading Addicts need a bit of a laugh now and again so we have scoured the internet for some of the best literary puns, bookish jokes, and wordy funnies around. A little bit of fun wordplay can brighten up even the dullest days for many readers and writers, especially when it is particularly clever… Or particularly daft.
We hope to make you giggle, groan, and guffaw!
Do you dare continue? These jokes do not get any punnier… I mean, funnier…
Some of these are koala-ty jokes!
We hope that raised a smile, or made you laugh. If you can offer any more wordy or bookish puns and jokes we cannot wait to hear them!
December 13, 2019
‘They’ is named as Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Year.
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November 20, 2019
10 words you didn’t know came from Arabic
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November 10, 2019
Collins Dictionary Names ‘Climate Strike’ as Word of the Year
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November 7, 2019
Confirmation that the art of proofreading is dead
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October 16, 2019
Top Ten Slang Words of 2019
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September 18, 2019
The Private Lives of Authors: Samuel Johnson
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September 14, 2019
The love-hate relationship with clichés in fiction
Clichés in fiction can be unoriginal phrases, obvious plot points, or unsurprising 'twists', inducing groans…
July 23, 2019
Artificial intelligence could translate ancient texts
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