One of his hobbies was punning (making puns). The novel's farcical elements make use of punning and similar verbal playfulness. Alternatively, homophonic translation may be used for humorous purpose, as bilingual punning (macaronic language). Boar charges are also often used in canting (heraldic punning). European heraldry contains the technique of canting arms, which can be considered punning. Japanese piphilology has countless mnemonics based on punning words with numbers. This idiom is a form of type punning. Punning rhymes, such as "bare" and "bear" are also identical rhymes. He was, for instance, alone of his time to use unexpected, sonorous, punning rhymes. Gulzar's endearing lyrics, with unusual punning, bring a smile to your lips. When reporting the story, the media satirised Chaponda's statement with punning headlines. Callis and Jamieson used the punning names of Luke Warm and Gail Warning. That novel also contains a number of punning references to "The Man from U.N.C.L.E.". A further reference to Thrasymachus in the "Rhetoric" finds Herodicus punning on Thrasymachus' name. It is also said to be a punning reference to her chief minister, Stephen Gardiner.