Par'hyponoian, from Greek ὑπόνοια hypónoia, "logical assumption", is a logical or thought trope, consisting in the replacement of a second part in a phrase or a text, that would have been logically expected from the first part.[1]
The pun is based on the unexpected modification of a well-known idiom.
“A polarizing figure” would have been expected to be said about the president Hugo Chávez.
Former Vice-president Dick Cheney visited a zoo, where he saw a grizzly bear. There was a powerful moment between the blood-thirsty, ruthless beast with claws and fangs, and on the other side, the honey-eating furry mammal in the cage.
”Blood-thirsty beast” would have been expected to define a bear.