Sentences with phrase «pun on the name»

I suspect the hand of my good friend Paul Murray, who in January this year had a piece in New Blackfriars titled «Theology «Under the Lash»: Theology as Idolatry Critique in the Work of Nicholas Lash» with the perhaps distracting pun on my name.

Although Corliss thinks he has heard us telling jokes, in fact we have a house rule against any deliberate or scripted jokes — especially puns on names.

To say the amazing improvement Myracle Toney made in reading this past year is a miracle not only would be a poor pun on her name, but it would ignore the reason she and the rest of the folks at Forrest Road Elementary School eagerly provide.

Sound and environment are altered to give the map an authentic theme park feel, all while offering puns on names of famous locations.

Her retrospective at the Guggenheim translates one title, Fée Couturière, as seamstress fairy, explaining that it also puns on the name of a bird.

The auto parts included in Holen's exhibition may have been intended to pun on the name of Autocenter, a ten - year - old fixture among Berlin's independent art spaces, but they did not treat it, as Knight might well have done, as a subject for critique.

The auto parts included in Holen's exhibition may have been intended to pun on the name of Autocenter, a ten - year - old fixture among Berlin ’s

The gallery's commercial bent is not only made explicit by its English and Chinese moniker (a pun on the name of China's economic reform guru, Deng Xiaoping), but in its programming, which since its inception in 2008 has been dominated by painting.

Punning on his name and leaving his mark wherever he goes, Wallinger splits and doubles, mirrors and twins himself with simultaneous shows in Scotland.

Not exact matches

The company's fruity name, she adds, is a pun on the «pair» part of «think - pair - share,» a collaborative activity commonly used by teachers in the classroom.

«When Time can use a pun on your first name on its Trump cover and assume that millions will get the joke, you know that fame-wise you're on top.»

Since the verb sosei («he will save») is an etymological pun on the Hebrew meaning of the name of Jesus, and since it is not explained as, for example, Immanuel is in 1:23, it must be assumed that Matthew's readers were familiar with it.

The book is especially strong at pointing out links between the stories, especially the parallels between the pairings of Isaac and Rebekah and Judah and Tamar; both women covered their faces before meeting the men, both meetings occured near a well with a name that puns on the act of seeing, and both have twins who struggle in the womb, with one twin associated with the color red.

On her English and Dutch written blog Red Reiding Hood (a pun with her last name) you'll find mostly her own outfits, but also other fashion and beauty related subjects.

Great Usernames are Usually Puns or... on top of your new online dating... their full names as their user names.

The name is a pun on the real - life equivalent known as the stock market.

Its name is also a pun on «platformer», the gaming genre of the Super Mario series.

Her Japanese name is a pun on shika, meaning deer.

I'll give you that a rain of grappling hooks immobilizing a car in the midst of a busy metropolitan street registers highly on the nifty meter, but it's far too piddling in comparison to the morass that is the rest of the film, even if there is a scathingly wicked pun on someone's name that made my heart skip a beat.C

Its name is a pun on «shooting gallery».

Its name is a pun on «castaway», which is a term used to describe someone stuck on a deserted island by themselves.

The name is a pun on the phrase «catchy tunes» since the characters have to catch falling music notes.

Brighton's name is a pun on «bright», owing to his resemblance to the sun.

Her name is a pun on «timber», what people usually say when a tree falls down.

Its name is a pun on «study hall», which is where students can go to study after classes end.

He appears to have a knack for ripping people off, much like Rip Cheato; his name is even a pun on «charlatan» (a swindler).

The name is a pun on «mole hill», the term used to describe a mound of earth created by a mole's burrowing actions.

More controversial might be the way the film turns the nuclear attack on Hiroshima into a cheap pun: «Little Boy» was the name of the first atom bomb dropped on Japan.

Just the name Sookie Stackhouse captures a sense of the humor - it's a slight parody of a typical young - adult heroine's name, like Pippi Longstocking, and it has the potential to be a bad pun on «suck - ee.»

Her name is of Irish origin, and is a pun on her species.

His name is a pun on the word «Reset,» which is what causes him to appear.

The name is a pun on «anger management».

The minigame's name is a pun on a song called Slow Ride.

Her Japanese name is a pun on bū, «oink».

Its name is a pun on the sport track and field.

The name Tuskany is a pun on the word «tusk» and Tuscany, Italy.

Despite it not being in their best interest (pun intended), most lenders will work with you on a strategy to help you minimize the interest cost in the name of customer service.

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Their name is an obvious pun on the game «I spy».

(His name in Japanese is «Totakeke», a pun on Totaka)

The entire campaign is a pun on his last name.

We won't censor content so long as this space is used constructively» - and with a pun on «free speech» as the blog name, too.

What you may not know is that it was named after one of our artists, Kevin Pun, who followed Chris to GPG and has since worked on the art for most of our games.

Minecraft games are based on the blockbuster (no pun intended) hit, Minecraft, a game created by Notch (real name Markus Persson).

She also has an older brother, whose name is Rensou, a pun on the Japanese word for «spinach» (菠薐草, hourensou).

Developers are buckling down to make more and more money on each game release, that is the name of the game (no pun intended) and quite a few big name developers and publishers are following this business model.

However, you can probably hang your hat (pun intended) on it having a different name than simply Red Dead Redemption 2.

One of his most powerful was the invention of the femme fatale alter ego known as Rrose Sélavy (the name is a pun on «eros, c’est la vie»), who emerged in photos taken by Man Ray in 1921 and spawned generations of gender - bending antics.

The gallery's name sounds like a pun on the masculine French word «le musée» (the museum) and its written feminine form which, if applied grammatically, reads «la musée» or «l'amusée» (the amused).

Known for funky assemblages and photographs that visually pun on the sexually distinctive features of human anatomy, Ms. Lucas recently was named to represent Britain in next year's Venice Biennale.