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"My Zoom joke flopped . . . I guess it's not remotely funny," e.g. (3)

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I believe the answer is:

pun

(Other definitions for pun that I've seen before include "A play on words, may be funny" , "A play on words, perhaps the lowest form of wit" , "joke" , "conceit by a wordsmith?" , "Double entendre" .)

I've seen this clue in The New York Times.
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