Pun Dictionary: I Entries

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I Deal (Tom Swifty): "Pass the cards," said Tom ideally.
I Dream of Jeannie (Book Titles): Light Brown Hair: Audrey Mauve Jeannie^s
I Feel your Sadness (Book Titles): The Empath: Ophelia Sadness ^JG
I Leaned Over (Book Titles): I Lost My Balance: Eileen Dover and Phil Down
I Mailed a Letter (Book Titles): The Phillipine Post Office: Imelda Letter ^JG
I Need a Job (Book Titles): Unemployed: Anita Job^b
I Quit (Book Titles): Take This Job And Shove It: Ike Witt ^JG
I Refuse (Book Titles): No More Circuit Breakers!: Ira Fuse
I Rode a Camel (Book Titles): Desert Crossing: I. Rhoda Camel
I Wanna New House (Book Titles): My Seventh Husband: Ivana Newhouse ^JG
I want to Know (Book Titles): Teach Me!: I. Wanda Know
I'm a double (Book Titles): Cloning: Irma Dubble II
I'm Afraid (Book Titles): I'm Scared!: Emma Fraid ^JG
I'm Anonymous (Book Titles): I'm Someone Else: Ima Nonymous
I'm wonderful (Book Titles): Jewish Egotists: Chaim Wonderful
I've (I have) an alibi (Book Titles): I Didn't Do It!: Ivan Alibi
Iberia (Geography): Do this homework now, lest Iberia under tons later.
Ice Berg (Book Titles): In the Arctic Ocean: Isa Berg
Ice Cream (Jokes): What do ghosts serve for dessert? Ice scream.
Ice is slippery (Book Titles): Why We Fall in Winter: Isis Slippery
Icing (Tom Swifty): "Shall I frost the cake?" Tom offered icily.
Icy (Meteorology): Fred was warned about how slippery it was. When he fell, he said "Icy what you mean!"
Icy (Tom Swifty): "Cryogenics is quackery!" Tom said icily.
Idaho (Book Titles): The Garden State: Ida Hoe ^JG
Idaho (Geography): If Idaho I'd go over this garden right now.
Ides (Tom Swifty): "Beware the 15th of March!" said Tom idly. [Dorothy Porter, April 25, 2004]
Idi (Amin) Sink (Tom Swifty): "It's a pity that Amin managed to escape from Uganda when his ship of state went under," said Tom idiosyncratically.
If You've Seen One You've Seen them All (Expressions): A woman has twins and gives them up for adoption. One of them goes to a family in Egypt and is named "Ahmal." The other goes to a family in Spain; they name him "Juan." Years later, Juan sends a picture of himself to his birth mother. Upon receiving the picture, she tells her husband that she wishes she also had a picture of Ahmal. Her husband responds, "They're twins! If you've seen Juan, you've seen Ahmal."
Ill Eagle (Tom Swifty): "Let's trap that sick bird," said Tom illegally.
Ill Lust (Tom Swifty): "Alas, I am sick with love for the fair Igraine!" said Uther Pendragon illustriously (and achingly).
Illinois (Geography): "You got sick at the loud rock concert?" "Yes, I got Illinois."
Illustrate (Book Titles): How to Draw: Ellis Strait ⁿ
Im-peck (Tom Swifty): "This chicken has no beak," said Tom impeccably.
Im-Plaque (Tom Swifty): "I brush my teeth every five minutes," said Tom implacably.
Imagination (Book Titles): It's All In Your Head: Madge Ination ^JG
Immoral (Book Titles): Perverted Mushrooms: M. Morel
Imp in a Tent (Tom Swifty): "I run a fairground attraction called 'See a real demon for only one cent!'" said Tom impenitently.
Imp Parted (Tom Swifty): "I can split demons in two," Tom imparted.
Imp Rob (Tom Swifty): "Demons can be robbed," said Tom improbably.
Imp-Licit (Tom Swifty): "There's nothing wrong with demons," was Tom's implicit message.
Imp-Lied (Tom Swifty): "Gremlins must have done it!" Tom implied.
Imp-perious (Tom Swifty): "Promote that demon to the House of Lords," commanded Tom imperiously.
Import Ant (Tom Swifty): "Close the hatch! We're being invaded by bugs!" said Tom importantly.
Impressed (Tom Swifty): "Boy, am I impressed!" said Tom as he joined the British Navy.
Impulse (Tom Swifty): "I keep picking up radio signals from outer space," said Tom impulsively.
In Choir (Tom Swifty): "May I join your group and sing, too?" Tom inquired.
In Cred you Louse (Tom Swifty): "Why you parasitic insect, our debts now exceed our assets!" said Tom incredulously.
In Determinant (Tom Swifty): "I'm not sure how I feel about that particular matrix operation," said Tom indeterminately.
In Dull Gent (Tom Swifty): "There's safety in unexciting gentlemen," said Mary indulgently.
In Fur (Tom Swifty): "She must be wearing mink," Tom inferred.
In Gray She Ate (Tom Swifty): "She wore a smoke-coloured dress at dinner," said Tom ingratiatingly.
In Pain (Book Titles): A Trip to the Dentist: Yin Pain
In Sin You Ate (Tom Swifty): "You're a wicked glutton," Tom insinuated.
In Sip (Tom Swifty): "Just one more drink, please!" Tom said insipedly.
In Sist(ine) (Tom Swifty): "I'm not leaving the chapel until I finish this painting," Michelangelo insisted.
In Tent (Tom Swifty): "As soon as the rain stops, we'll break camp," said Tom intently.
In Tent (Tom Swifty): "What I do best on a camping trip is sleep," said Tom intently.
In the End (Expressions): Those who get too big for their britches will be exposed in the end.
In tone (Tom Swifty): "This is not a black and white issue," Tom intoned.
Inchon (Geography): All they could do was Inchon, step by step, until the ice was crossed.
Incidental (Tom Swifty): "Things are always happening to me," said Tom incidentally.
Incoherent (Tom Swifty): "The laser is broken," said Tom incoherently.
India (Geography): India, er, event of a power failure, the geography exam will be, um, postponed.
Indicate (Tom Swifty): "Use phenolphthalein," Tom indicated.
Indies Kated (Tom Swifty): "I sent Kathleen on a mission to the Antilles," Tom indicated.
Indifferent (Tom Swifty): "I learned a lot about women while I was in Paris," said Tom indifferently.
Indium (Chemistry): An original inhabitant of North America: Indium.
Indonesia (Geography): "Your friend 'Indo' is trouble! Indonesia right away!"
Infections (Tom Swifty): "I like measles!" laughed Tom infectiously.
Initial (Tom Swifty): "Have it monogrammed," was Tom's initial suggestion.
Inject (Tom Swifty): "I hope you're not afraid of needles," Tom injected.
Inn Appropriate (Tom Swifty): "I'm taking over this hotel," said Tom inappropriately.
Inn Con Sequential (Tom Swifty): "I come to this hotel year after year for the science fiction convention," said Tom inconsequentially.
Inning (Baseball): A baseball player's little trip is an inning, not an outing.
Insane (Misc): If you jump off a bridge in Paris, you are in Seine.
Inscribe (Mathematics): What you call a person who wrote for an Inn: Inscribe.
Insense (Tom Swifty): "I'm easily moved to anger," said Tom insensibly.
Intensity (Tom Swifty): "Let's have a crimson display -- and turn up the brightness," said Tom with passionate intensity.
Interest (Money): Old joke: Why is it that women with the least principle get the most interest?
Interpose (Tom Swifty): "Cheryl, you stand between Ella and Pauline," interposed the photographer.
Invest-gate (as in Watergate) (Tom Swifty): "I've got to find out why my broker got fired," said Tom as he investigated.
Inverse (Misc): A backward poet writes inverse.
Invest (Money): A person wearing a three-piece suit is in jacket, in pants and invest.
Io (Astronomy): Galileo's discovery of Jupiter's moons must have been a real Io-pener.
Iodine (Chemistry): Iodine only at the finest restaurants.
Iota (Greek Letters): Iota punch you in the nose for saying that.
Iowa (Geography): "Iowa loan shark $10 000 and he's out to get me!"
Iran (Geography): Iran the Boston Marathon in ten hours. I guess I lost.
Ireland (Geography): Ireland is the geographical opposite of Lowerland.
Iron (Chemistry): When I meet a 6'6" mugger, iron away very fast.
Iron (Tom Swifty): "Steel is a very useful alloy," said Tom ironically.
Ironic (Tom Swifty): "Your drip-dries are crumpled," said the laundress ironically.
Irrational (number) (Tom Swifty): "There is no end to this sequence of digits," said Tom irrationally.
Is a door there (Book Titles): I Hit the Wall: Isadore There
Is he back yet (Book Titles): Cheating on His Wife: Izzy Backyet ^JG
Island (Geography): The best place to find an optometrist is an Island.
Israel (Geography): "Is it fake?" "No, it Israel."
It Hit Me (Expressions): I wondered why the baseball was getting bigger. Then it hit me.
It's too Late (Book Titles): Manana: Stew Layt ^JG
Izmir (Geography): "What Izmir doing?" "Mir is going to kill the guy who writes these puns."

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