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A recursive pun is one in which the second aspect of a pun relies on the understanding of an element in the first.

For example the statement " π is only half a pie.

" ( π radians is 180 degrees, or half a circle, and a pie is a complete circle ).

Another example is " Infinity is not in finity ," which means infinity is not in finite range.

Another example is " A Freudian slip is when you say one thing but mean your mother.

" Finally, we are given " Immanuel doesn't pun, he Kant " by Oscar Wilde.