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The German term for a neurologically inadvertent use of puns is called witzelsucht.

It may result from a frontal lobe brain injury and may be accompanied by other serious behavioral quirks, and conversely an inability to appreciate some forms of humor.

The use of puns, common in comedy writing, is called malapropism. The term comes from a 1775 play by Richard Brinley Sheridan, called The Rivals, and the character Mrs. Malaprop. The name origin is from the French term mal à propos (inappropriate).

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