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Tell us your best ever puns - get them out of your system now and let's not see them again.

Suggested by MatJ

(, Thu 5 Mar 2009, 12:52)
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For those of you in need of a little help:
pun   /pʌn/ Show Spelled Pronunciation [puhn] Show IPA noun, verb, punned, pun⋅ning.
–noun 1. the humorous use of a word or phrase so as to emphasize or suggest its different meanings or applications, or the use of words that are alike or nearly alike in sound but different in meaning; a play on words.
2. the word or phrase used in this way.

–verb (used without object) 3. to make puns.


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Origin:
1655–65; perh. special use of pun, var. (now dial.) of pound 1 , i.e., to mistreat (words)

Related forms:

punless, adjective
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2009.
(, Thu 5 Mar 2009, 14:08, 3 replies)
Indeed.
Just because a joke is bad, that doesn't make it a pun =/
(, Thu 5 Mar 2009, 14:15, closed)
Should be obvious
Are you impunning the intelligence of b3tans?
(, Thu 5 Mar 2009, 17:18, closed)
Thank
GOD!

About time someone pointed it out. Big old click coming your way. I'd like this to be number one this week. he he
(, Tue 10 Mar 2009, 9:13, closed)

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