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a play on words, usually for a comic reception.
he became a math teacher due to some prime factors.
a play on words, used alot by shakespeare.
“that dreamers often lie” the pun is that dreamers lie in bed but also lie about dreams.
a play on words, which, when used correctly, can bring one a load of laughs and a barrel of cool.
really clever kid:”hey, you wanna hear a pun?”
really hot girl:”yeah, sure!”
really clever kid: “what do you call a girl living in the playboy mansion of czechoslovakia?”
really hot girl: “i.d.k. what?!??!!?”
really clever kid: “a checkmate!”
really hot girl: “lol!!!!!! lets have s-x…”
a play on words. generally a pun takes a word that is quite understandable in context and replaces it with a h-m-nym (same-sounding word) to create an entirely new meaning, or replaces a word with a similar-sounding one to the same effect.

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a pun involving a word with two possible meanings —

nurse, to young woman about to receive a vaccination:

“you’re going to feel a little pr-ck.”

woman: “it wouldn’t be the first time.”

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a pun that uses a similar-sounding term to the expected one, to humorous effect —

a one-liner: “jfk’s private life was so s-xy they should have called his administration c-m-a-lot.”

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a pun is, quite simply, a play on words. there are many types, but in general, they all utilize one word that is relevant to the subject matter at hand, but is impractical in context. if formed correctly, a pun can be humorous, and can sometimes derail any given conversation in itself.

puns are common comedic tools in literature, conversation, blogging, and all other sorts of digital and interpersonal communication. however, they are surprisingly complicated, and the concept of what comprises a pun can be confusing. simple puns, such as humorous rhymes (i.e., -guy sees a woman get decapitated in a movie- “geez, she didn’t need to lose her head over that.”), are not unfamiliar to the average speaker, and most of us have used them since our earliest years. complex puns, such as the use of words in actual sentence structure (for example, -daughter gets her father an icee slushie- “icee what you did there!”) require some degree of verbal and dictional proficiency.

some guidelines:

1. it should be clearly relevant to the topic of discussion at hand, while being unnecessary (i.e, it certainly would not be the first thing you would use).

2. it should be fairly easy to recognize; puns often use elements of cliche and popular phrasing.

3. it should be timely. the goal is to be clever, not predictable.

a good way to understand how puns work is to ponder the place of irony in humorous context.
brock (pokemon): “it’s raining! i guess i’ll use my frying pan…as a drying pan!” -holds it over head to catch the rain-

frank: “hey bob, what’s wrong? why are you crying?”

bob: “oh…hey, frank. my dog p-ssed away a little while ago. i found him lying under the table, struggling to breathe. the vet said he had a cardiac arrest.”

frank: “oh, i’m sorry, man. it sounds like his last few minutes were a -heart ache-.”

bob: “g-d d-mnit, frank, you’re such an -ss! f-ck you and your d-mn puns!”
another word for the action of s-xual intercourse.

inserting object a into location b.
nick – “did you hear what happened to dan last night?”

cam – “no i didn’t, what happened?”

nick – “he got mad puns”

cam – “im going to go pun that girls box after hes done”
1. a joke, usually a play on words involving either a h-m-nym, or a phrase that rhymes with the original quote.
2. a very, very, very low form of humor, and often makes everyone within a ten mile radius sigh and pinch their eyes together.

these jokes will likely get you killed, the best case scenario is that someone laughs, simply because the joke is so bad/stupid, that said person cannot help but laugh, then tell you to get the out of the room.
never tell a pun, if you want to keep anything you hold dear.

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