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Conundrum
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Conundrum
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1.
a riddle, esp one whose answer makes a play on words
2.
a puzzling question or problem
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Conundrum
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1.
a riddle whose answer contains a pun (Ex.: “What's the difference between a jeweler and a jailer?” “One sells watches and the other watches cells.”)
2.
any puzzling question or problem
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Conundrum
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1. A riddle in which a fanciful question is answered by a pun.
2. A paradoxical, insoluble, or difficult problem; a dilemma: "the conundrum ... of achieving full employment without inflation" (Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.)
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