Freuds thirteen pun techniques:

    I. Condensation
  1. with formation of composite words,
  2. with modification.

    II. Multiple use of the same material

  3. as a whole and in parts.
  4. in a different orders
  5. with slight modification
  6. of the same words full and empty.

    III. Double meaning

  7. meaning as a name and as a thing,
  8. metaphorical and literal meaning,
  9. double meaning proper (play upon words),
  10. double entendre,
  11. double meaning with an allusion.

    IV. Other techniques

  12. diversion
  13. faulty reasoning

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