Dream pun

Dream pun

A dream pun is a pun that occurs in a dream [ [http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/klu/drem/2000/00000010/00000004/00226604?crawler=true The Dream Pun: What Is a Play on Words without Words?] , Kilroe P.A., Dreaming, Volume 10, Number 4, December 2000 , pp. 193-209(17)] . They are an important concept in dream interpretation. following Freud, Ann Faraday's book "The Dream Game" included a chapter on "Punny Things in Dreams" [Faraday, Ann: "The Dream Game", Harpercollins, March 1976.] . There are several different types of dream puns, including reversal puns ("e.g.," a person regarded as a "dozing bull" dreaming of a bulldozer). They may also play on homophones – "e.g.," a person worrying about passing bad genes on to her child may dream of wearing unfashionable jeans. The prevalence of dream puns may be reflected in the following joke:

:"A guy goes to a psychiatrist. "Doc, I keep having these alternating recurring dreams. First I'm a teepee, then I'm a wigwam, then I'm a teepee, then I'm a wigwam. It's driving me crazy. What's wrong with me?"

:"The doctor replies, "It's very simple. You're two tents." (too tense)

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