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A Friday punmanteau

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In today’s Wayno / Piraro Bizarro, the punning portmanteau pontiff no return:


pontiff  ‘the Pope’ + point of no return ‘point at which turning back is no longer possible’ = pontiff no return ‘the Pope will not return (for some time)’ in a simplified register — foreigner talk, caveman talk, Tonto talk, etc.  (if you’re puzzled by the odd symbols in the cartoon — Dan Piraro says there are 3 in this strip — see this Page)

On the second element in the punmanteau, from Wikipedia:

The point of no return is the point beyond which one must continue on one’s current course of action because turning back is no longer possible, being too dangerous, physically difficult, or prohibitively expensive to be undertaken. The point of no return can be a calculated point during a continuous action (such as in aviation). A particular irreversible action (such as setting off an explosion or signing a contract) can be a point of no return.

pontiff no return ‘the Holy Father has flown, and can no longer fly back’

 


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