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The phrase "pun on" is correct and usable in written English
It means to make a joke by playing on the multiple meanings of a word. For example: His comment about the rain was a pun on the phrase "raining cats and dogs".
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A pun on putrid.
— a pun on "wonderful" and "Vancouver".
"Sure, I pun on dates," he replied.
"That's no pun on his name".
It is believed to be a pun on her surname.
"Vos" can double as a pun on "voz," or voice.
For the pun on "strikers", unsurprisingly, doesn't work in French.
The name is an elaborate pun on the word kushikatsu.
The name is a pun on the address.
Another politician made an obscene sexual pun on her name.
"It's a pun on haute couture," she said.
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