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	Tom Swifties > History of the Tom Swifty
		Tom Swift rarely passed a remark without a qualifying adverb as "Tom added eagerly" or "Tom said jokingly".
		In a true Tom Swifty, it is an adverb (word specifying the mode of action of the verb) that provides the pun, as in examples (1) to (4).
		Traditionally Tom is the speaker, but this is by no means necessary for the pun to classify as a Tom Swifty.
	www.fun-with-words.com /tom_swifties_history.html (788 words)

	Tom Swifties - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		A Tom Swifty (or Tom Swiftie) is a phrase in which a quoted sentence is linked by a pun to the manner in which it is represented as having been said.
		Tom Swifties may be considered a type of Wellerism.
		An idiosyncrasy of the style of the author(s) of this series, Victor Appleton (Edward Stratemeyer or Howard Garis or others in Stratemeyer's employ), was (or at least was said to be) an over-heavy use of adverbs or other indications of manner of speaking and acting.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tom_Swifty (672 words)

	Tom Swift - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Tom and a troupe of friends explore the universe in the starship Excedra, using a faster-than-light drive which Tom had reverse engineered from an alien space probe.
		Tom is by no means lab-bound, and is in good physical shape, which is fortunate as his adventures are inevitably strenuous.
		A Tom Swifty is a type of pun, popularized by usage in the Tom Swift Jr.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tom_Swift (1725 words)

	Tom Swifties
		A Tom Swifty is a sentence ending in an adverb that tells how or when Tom said something and applies to the meaning of his statement.
		Tom Swifties take their name from Tom Swift, a boy's adventure hero created by the prolific American writer Edward L. Stratemeyer.
		Tom Swift rarely passed a remark without a qualifying adverb as "Tom added eagerly" or "Tom said jokingly".
	www.pen.k12.va.us /Div/Winchester/jhhs/math/humor/swifties.html (739 words)

	Tom Swifty: Encyclopedia topic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-14)
		Tom Swiftys are a type of pun (pun: A humorous play on words) or word play (word play: Playing on words or speech sounds) named after the Tom Swift (Tom Swift: tom swift is the protagonist in a series of childrens adventure novels from the early twentieth...
		Tom never just said anything, he said it in the tradition of pulp fiction (pulp fiction: more facts about this subject) : carefully, excitedly, eagerly, and so forth.
		A variation of the Swifty is the Crocker, in which the verb outside the quotation marks is a pun on the contents of the quotation marks.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /reference/tom_swifty (717 words)

	Tom Swifty - Definition, explanation
		Tom Swiftys are a type of pun or word play named after the Tom Swift American adventure novels.
		Tom never just said anything, he said it in the tradition of pulp fiction: carefully, excitedly, eagerly, and so forth.
		A variation of the Swifty is the Crocker, in which the verb outside the quotation marks is a pun on the contents of the quotation marks.
	www.calsky.com /lexikon/en/txt/t/to/tom_swifty.php (465 words)

	Tom Swifties
		The Tom Swiftie is a play on words - a punning relationship between the way an adverb describes a speaker and at the same time refers to the meaning of the speaker's statement, as in "I know who turned off the lights," Tom hinted darkly.
		Tom Swift was an adventure series begun in 1910 and continued to 1935.
		Someone satirized the mannerism by using puns, and the Tom Swiftie was born.
	homepage.mac.com /shelobmarian/handmade/tom_swifties.html (824 words)

	Tom Swifties - tribe.net (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-14)
		A Tom Swifty is a Wellerism in which an adverb relates both properly and punningly to a sentence of reported speech.
		In a true Tom Swifty, it is an adverb (word specifying the mode of action of the verb) that provides the pun, as in these examples:
		Traditionally Tom is the speaker, but this is by no means necessary for the pun to classify as a Tom Swifty.
	tribes.tribe.net /tomswifties (557 words)

	Joke and Humour Lists
		Tom Swift was the brainchild of Edward L. Stratemeyer (1862-1930).
		The Tom Swift adventure series, which was published under the pseudonym Victor Appleton, began with _Tom Swift and his motor-cycle; or Fun and Adventure on the road_ in 1910, and continued until 1935 (5 years after Stratemeyer's death!).
		The "narrative mannerism" that the Random House Dictionary mentions was not the Tom Swifty as such, but merely the laboured avoidance of the unadorned use of the word "said".
	www.badpets.net /Humor/LongLists/TomSwifties.html (8882 words)

	Tom Swifty
		In actual use, "Tom Swifty" seems to have a somewhat broader meaning, and includes the form christened "croakers" by Roy Bongartz, wherein a verb rather than an adverb supplies the pun (e.g.
		"You've stowed his ashes commendably," was Tom's well-earned compliment.
		"I was in a riot in Paris," Tom noised abroad.
	pages.city2000.net /~mking/tom.htm (8133 words)

	Tom Swifty's
		"What do you mean I have to wait to be seated?" Tom said without reservation.
		"I was born to be a flasher," Tom revealed.
		Tom received a terrible phone call while he was in the shower.
	www.eviloverlord.co.uk /humour/humour57.html (301 words)

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		Swifty's ulterior motive was to meet all of his production line peers in a reunion organized by the Swift Association entitled "The First Fifty Years".
		With the aid of a GPS to cross-reference my Loran, Swifty opted for easy navigation: blue on the left side, green on the right, baywatch on the nose.
		Swifty and I proceeded west through Wyoming, where the base of the Rockies plateau flattened out at 6,000 feet; our lethargic VSI had to bring us over the ridge of 12,500 feet.
	www.bizzart.com /journey.html (741 words)

	AUE: FAQ excerpt: "Take the prisoner downstairs", said Tom condescendingly. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-14)
		A sentence where a description of the manner of saying refers punningly to quoted matter is called a "Tom Swifty".
		I maintain the Canonical Collection of Tom Swifties, with over 900 entries.
		To see the Tom Swifties, click on 'TomSwifties.html'.] A sentence where words following a quotation humorously reinterpret what is quoted ("'Eureka!' said Archimedes to the skunk") is called a "wellerism", after the character Sam Weller in Dickens' novel The Pickwick Papers.
	alt-usage-english.org /excerpts/fxtaketh.html (123 words)

	AVKO \| Tom Swifties (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-14)
		It's a play on words that follows a pattern and relies for its humor on a punning relationship between the way an adverb describes a speaker and at the same time refers significantly to the import of the speaker's statement.
		Tom Swifties were originated by Edward Stratemeyer in a series of strip cartoons about a character called Tom Swift in the 1920's.
		Here's a sample of Tom Swifties for your pleasure.
	www.avko.org /Freebies/Essays/tom_swifties.htm (136 words)

	The "Tom Swifty" Goes Broadway: Peter Filichia's Diary on TheaterMania.com
		But 40 years ago, the joke that was sweeping the country was the Tom Swifty.
		Tom never just said anything; he said it warily, happily, eagerly, etc. A Tom Swifty is a particular type of pun centering on the adverb in the following formula:
		It was a rare television or radio show that didn't include a Tom Swifty in its humor arsenal during the summer of '63.
	www.theatermania.com /content/news.cfm?int_news_id=3458 (967 words)

	Tom Swifties
		"Were those excruciating adverbial puns known as Tom Swifties invented by the author of Gulliver's Travels?" asks Tom swiftly.
		The collection of Tom Swifties presented here has been built up over many years.
		When butchers meet, Tom always delivers a speech - but he hams it up, it has been revealed.
	thinks.com /words/tomswift.htm (2759 words)

	Word.com: The Puzzle Corner
		Tom Swifties are puns modeled on the narrative style of the literary Tom Swift.
		The Tom Swifty pun features an adverb playing on the content of the sentence.
		Test yourself with our fill-in-the-blank challenge below, then challenge yourself to add your own Tom Swifty to our collection which will be featured in an upcoming issue of Word.Com.
	www.word.com /collegiate/archives/2005/05/the_puzzle_corn.html (160 words)

	Wired on Words : Swifty Lazarus
		Other influences include Hitchcock's fascination with fetishism, anxiety and murder (not to mention Bernard Hermann's haunting insistent strings), and avant-garde pop and alternative musics, from McLure to McLaren.
		A critic in Budapest has called SWIFTY LAZARUS "media DJs" for how they sample and play with current events and recontextualize ideology and politics in the light of conspiracy (and post-modern) theory.
		Swift works with Tom Walsh-a jazz musician/composer who tours internationally most of the year.
	wiredonwords.com /SwiftyLazarus.html (310 words)

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		"You mean this little guy is going to succeed Moses as leader?" said Tom joshingly.
		"There must be another reason why you can't eat the thigh vein," said Tom insinuatingly.
		I'm sure the editors will be happy to offer a car or model home to the winning entry.
	www.ucalgary.ca /~elsegal/Shokel/940616_Swiftly.html (468 words)

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		Tom Swifty ------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 29 Apr 1996 18:42:08 -0400 From: "John M. Scheer"
		Subject: Rejection Notice PLAYGIRL MAGAZINE INTERNATIONAL Philadelphia, PA 19333 Your name has been submitted to us with your photo, and I regret to inform you that we will be unable to use your body in our centerfold.
		Subject: Tom Swifty "Shall we go?" asked Nell.
	humor.catweasel.org /Site0/Txt/9604291.txt (217 words)

	mental_floss magazine - Where Knowledge Junkies Get Their Fix
		The phrase “Tom Swifty” was coined in the 1920s and comes from a series of adventure books about a boy named – surprise, surprise – Tom Swift, who regularly employed a qualifying adverb like “quickly” or “jokingly” when he spoke.
		To create a “true” Tom Swifty, all you need do is make a pun out of your qualifying adverb, such as Lorrie Moore did with “This hot dog’s awful, she said frankly.”
		For a brief time in the mid sixties the following Tom Swifty came to me and we was accurate.
	www.mentalfloss.com /blogs/archives/1487 (624 words)

	Sudoku Players' Forums :: View topic - Who am I? (5)
		A quip/joke with this type of construction is called a Tom Swifty.
		I think that MJ was asking whether you are Tom Swift.
		I thought "I'm not Tom Smith" was self explanatory.
	www.sudoku.com /forums/viewtopic.php?p=40493 (591 words)

	Tom Swifty - Education - Information - Educational Resources - Encyclopedia - Music
		Tom Swifty - Education - Information - Educational Resources - Encyclopedia - Music
		The author Victor Appleton (Edward L. Stratemeyer or Howard Garis in Stratemeyer's employ) would always describe every action with an adverb.
		"It's your turn to change the diaper," Tom said in Urdu.
	www.music.us /education/T/Tom-Swifty.htm (622 words)

	Swift Boat Sailors Association Forum
		Found Swiftie by Joe La Voie · Jun 18, 06 - 4:30 PM
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	S is for Swifty
		Jim had sent me some more of his Swifties that I forgot to include in the column:
		While the Tom Swift books do not contain puns of this sort, if you read them you will find that only rarely does anyone simply "say" something.
		Certain wags began parodying this overuse of adverbs, and thus the "Tom Swifty" was born.
	www.kith.org /logos/words/upper/S.comments.html (181 words)

	Without Feathers \| Scraps \| Read \| Tom Swifties
		Named after a narrative mannerism characteristic of the Tom Swift American series of adventure novels for boys.
		The Swifties on this page are from a variety of sources—some online, some offline, some from my own weird head.
		I’ve long since forgotten which ones came from where, so if anyone recognizes their Swifty on this page, do send me a note and I’ll credit you.
	www.without-feathers.com /scraps/read/tom-swifties.php (546 words)

	R O A D W A Y S - Newsletter - Page 4
		Here's an example: "Don't sit in the back of the boat," said Tom sternly.
		Make a Tom Swifty out of each of the following sentences.
		The first letter of each adverb appears as a hint.
	www.nald.ca /ylc/newslet/apr03/4.htm (393 words)

	Tom Swifties - Brain Boosters - DiscoverySchool.com
		A Tom Swifty is a sentence ending in an adverb that both tells how or when Tom said something and applies to the meaning of his statement.
		“Don’t sit in the back of the boat,” said Tom sternly.
		In addition, stern is another word for “back of the boat.” So sternly is a particularly appropriate word for ending the sentence.
	school.discovery.com /brainboosters/categorization/TomSwifties.html (135 words)

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		And a little bit about me. I'm a 32 year old Dubliner, and I'm especially keen on the following: books, cookery, films, Tom Waits, swimming, photography, design, word games and taking naps.
		Send me a mail if you would like to discuss a project or a job, or even just to say hello.
	www.jeanobrien.com (254 words)

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