In rhetoric, antanaclasis (/æntəˈnækləsɪs, ˌæntænəˈklæsɪs/; from the Greek: ἀντανάκλασις, antanáklasis, meaning "reflection",[1] from ἀντί anti, "against", ἀνά ana, "up" and κλάσις klásis "breaking") is the literary trope in which a single word or phrase is repeated, but in two different senses.
[3] Antanaclases are prevalent in humorous paraprosdokians employed when responding to a question.
", an Israeli (Modern Hebrew) speaker can say בסדר גמור; היא בסדר, אני גמור be-séder gamúr; hí be-séder, aní gamúr, literally "in-order complete; she in-order, I complete", i.e. "We are very good.
[19]: 88 Note the ambiguity of the Israeli lexical item גמור gamúr: it means both "complete" and "finished".
[19]: 88 A parallel punning paraprosdokian in English is a man's response to a friend's question Why are you and your wife here?