One way of describing the characteristics of fixedness is to look at its theoretical opposite: the “defrosting” of lexical frozenness. Many researchers have pointed out the benefits of such a method (cf. Mejri, 2009,162). The “defrosting” also represents one of the inherent features of fixedness. It can thus indicate the existence of a frozen expression that was there (before any change took place), but also have its very own function. Many studies show that “defrosting” is often used in playful contexts, such as commercial settings (Grunig,1990) or in newspaper headlines (Sullet-Nylander,1998; Jaki, 2014). But what can be said about puns and word plays in oral conversations?
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