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THE PIVOT
Not just a theme or reference — it must be a word with two simultaneous meanings.
VALID PUN TYPES
· Homophones — "wine/whine" · "souls/soles"
· Homonymy — "bank" (financial + river edge)
· Polysemy — "spirits" (drinks AND ghosts)
· Morphological — "hissterical" · "calcu-LATER"
· Idiom hijack — "stark RAVEN mad"
· Phrasal homophone — "codeine" = "code in"
· God name — "deeper than the OSHUN"
BONUS DAMAGE
LACONIC +107 words or fewer
CONTEMPTUOUS +10pun doubles as a genuine attack
ZEITGEIST +10recognizable cultural reference
EUPHONIC +10clauses end on a rhyme
THEONYMIC +15pun on their name directly
DOUBLE PUN +15two valid pivots in one blow
MULTI PUN +25three or more pivots
TRIFECTA +25one pivot, three simultaneous meanings
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