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12:48 UK time, Tuesday, 14 September 2010

A service highlighting the riches of the daily press.

It's a pun-fest in the papers, thanks to two stories that simply beg the sub-editors to razzle-dazzle us with their word wizardry (and a treat for those readers who miss Punorama).

First, there's THAT dress:

"GAGA LOOKS OFFAL" - Sun
"MEAT IS MADDER" - Guardian
"CUT OF GAGA'S DRESS STUNS ACTIVISTS" - Daily Express
"GAGA LOOKS LIKE A DOG'S DINNER" - Daily Mirror
"LADY GAGA RAISES THE FASHION STEAKS - AND MAKES MINCEMEAT OF EVERYONE ELSE" - Times

Then there's the return to the Man Utd team of the man with the most versatile surname in Fleet Street.

Rooney is a word mangled to cover multiple syllables such as re and you. Hence...

"I'VE GOT NO ROOGRETS" - Sun
"SHOW 'EM WHAT ROO CAN DO" - Daily Star

And in the Coleen and Wayne saga, we've got:
"ROO-UNITED" - Sun
"I WILL HAVE ROO BACK" - Mirror

Have we forgotten anyone?

Oh yes, the Independent, which prefers to use the Ronseal Method and just tell it like it is:
"FERGUSON: ROONEY READY TO RETURN"

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