In February 1963, an anonymous writer at Playboy magazine invented a new type of pun: a fabricated Tom Swift-like line of dialogue in which the adverb modifying said humorously refers to or plays on the subject of the quote. Examples would include: 'I can no longer hear anything,' Tom said deftly. 'I need a pencil sharpener,' Tom said bluntly. 'I only have diamonds, clubs, and spades,' Tom said heartlessly;"Oh, stop talking about the my hair. Don't you like the colour of my eyes?" asked Esther hazily.. Since then the Tom Swifty has trudged on, not exactly swiftly but with an impressive staying power.
Here’s just few to read while you search:
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"I'm embarrassed," Tom admitted readily.
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"!" exclaimed Mark pointedly
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"I've been waiting to see Doctor D" said Tom patiently
There are variations
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Croakers ('"I'm dying," he croaked.' )
Croakers, a variant of Tom Swifties in which a verb rather than an adverb provides the pun:
'I spent the day sewing and gardening,' she hemmed and hawed.
'The fire is going out,' he bellowed.
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And some hard to characterize
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" ," said Tom blankly
"3.142" Tom enumerated piously
And today, 2 friends said to me:
"There's no more room in this park for one more cache," I added nonplused, "wanna bet.