A speaker talking about recycling said, "I took a beer bottle to the recycling center, but they would nottake it. The recycling center attendant said, ‘this is the pint of no return.' What humorous verbal strategy did the speaker engage in?
a. a pun
b. a spoonerism
c. a malapropism
d. a hyperbole
a
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