A zeugma consists in blending together grammatically and logically different ideas. The words <em>paychecks, hope, fear </em>and <em>government surplus food</em> denote grammatically and logically different ideas. For example, <em>hope </em>and <em>fear </em>are abstract nouns; <em>paychecks </em>and <em>food </em>are<em> </em>concrete nouns.