A New Type of Wordplay

Courtesy of William Steig

In my forthcoming book, The Elements of Humor (available for preorder now), I provide a comprehensive list of every known wordplay device.

There’s a new device I added to the list that I hadn’t seen anyone identify or name. It’s a wordplay device that I’ve always found extremely fun and funny. [See correction below]

It’s a kind of phonetic rebus, but a v…