*kew*→ *cow*: As in, “ Cowpie doll,” and “ Cowpie mayonnaise.” Note: Kewpie is both a Japanese brand of mayonnaise and a type of doll.*kow*→ *cow*: As in, “Don’t cowtow to them.” Note: to kowtow is to bow deeply in a show of respect. Co* → Cow*: If a word begins with the “co” sound, it can sometimes be turned into a silly cow pun: cowoperation (coooperation), cowagulation (coagulation), cowaxial (coaxial), cowefficient (coefficient), cowconut (coconut), cowcaine (cocaine), cowercive (coercive), cowexistence (coexistence), cowhabitation (cohabitation), cowherently, cowherence, cowld-blooded, cowhesive, cowhesion, cowordinates, cowordinator, cowvert (covert).*cow*: If a word contains the “cow” sound (or anything vaguely similar), it can obviously be turned into a silly cow pun: cowncil (council), cowntenance (countenance), cownteract (counteract), cownterfeit, cownterbalance, cownterpart, cownterproductive, cownt, cowntess, cowntless, cowardice, coward (or cow- herd), ac cowntability, ac cowntants, en cowntered, kno cowt (knockout), en cowntering, scowting, unac cowntable, loocowt (lookout), dis cownted, scowl, miscowculation.Coincidence → Cowincidence: As in “This wasn’t a cowincidence.”.Mood: As in “I’m in a bad mood today.” and “I’m not in the mood for it.”.Camouflage → Cow-moo-flage: As in “We cow-moo-flaged well amongst the shrubs.” and “Put on your cow-moo gear – we’ll need to be sneaky.”.Bull: Likewise, there are several idioms/phrases that are easy bull puns: “A cock-and- bull story” and “Like a bull in a china shop” and “ Bull-headed” and “Grab the bull by its horns” and “Full of bull” and “ Bull’s-eye” and “Mess with the bull and you get the horns” and “Hung like a bull” and “ Bull-headed” and “What a load of bull/ BS” and “ Bullish (aggressively confident)” and “Like a red flag to a bull“.Cow: There are several idioms/phrases which include the word “cow”, and so might be used as cow puns in the right context: “A cash cow” and “Don’t have a cow!” and “Holy cow” and “A sacred cow” and “How now, brown cow?” and “Until the cows come home” and “Why buy a cow when you can get milk for free?”.
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