Some people believe that puns are the lowest form of comedy possible. We humbly believe that these people are wrong. In our opinion, puns are fantastic because they’re a quick way to improve someone’s mood while showing off your linguistic skills, as well as the power of your imagination.
One of our favorite puntastic joke categories is “what idiot called it X and not Y,” where a word that everyone knows is taken and a punny alternative is suggested to replace it. Simple but effective and almost guaranteed to improve your mood and crack a smile.
So scroll down, enjoy, and share with your friends and family to spread the joy. Let us know in the comments if you know of any similar jokes and remember to upvote your faves in this list.
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According to Howard Richler on The Senior Times, plenty of well-known and respected individuals have had a go at puns. Like neurologist Sigmund Freud, who thinks that they’re cheap, and the former Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States Oliver Wendell Holmes, who thought that puns were “verbicide.” Ouch.
Plenty of English writers living in the 17th and 18th centuries (John Dryden, Daniel Defoe, Joseph Addison, others) thought that puns were ambiguous, created confusion and prevented the English language from finally being perfected.
'I'm taking my cat to autocorrect.' Damn, autocorrect...
Load More Replies...No joke: there's actually a shop near my house called that! :^p
Load More Replies...It also works because autocorrect almost never actually fixes your problems
Having a husband in the auto industry, I approve this change.(ha kidding obviously I do not have that authority!)
Though we use the term ‘puns’ quite interchangeably, the fact is, there are many different types of puns. For example, for homophonic puns: the humor lies in the fact that these jokes treat homonyms as though they are synonyms. “Why is it so wet in London? Because so many kings and queens reign there,” is a perfect example of this.
Besides homophonic puns, there are also homographic puns (“Did you hear about the optician who fell into a lens grinder and made a spectacle of himself?”). And if you combine the two, you get homonymic puns: “She was only a rancher’s daughter, but all the horsemen knew her.”
That's because we don't want to know about Trump's borderline erection.
There are also compound puns (“Where do you find giant snails? On the end of giants’ fingers”) and recursive puns, in which the second part of the joke depends on you understanding the first part. An example of this would be: “A Freudian slip is where you say one thing and mean your mother.” What's your favorite types of pun? Let us know in the comments!
Same person who knew vets treat other animals besides dogs? Let me fix this one: What idiot called it a veterinarian instead of a peterinarian?
Actually thats where the word Lunatic comes from; Luna, meaning moon, for the believe that it was the power of the moon that made a person crazy the same way a full moon messes with cats and dogs.
I know this isn't what this is about but Jet Ski is actually a name brand like Kleenex. It's actually called a "personal water craft"- which is... not a cool name. I learned that recently and now you're stuck with it too- I'm so sorry you read that.
I read about a Mexican without great English who referred to an angry goose as a "cobra chicken" because it was hissing at him.
Load More Replies...Ikr!!! we had them at youth group and my friend said "well why don't they just call them S'moreos?? I mean, seriously!
Load More Replies...you stole my name. my name is also ella. also, cool joke
Load More Replies...Interesting. Thank you for sharing If your reading this I hope you have a great day and know. “For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.” John 3:16 NIV
One such a week as this, Youve all made me smile! Thank you
What idiot called them glove compartments instead of toaster boxes? (thank you Jaiden Animations and TheOdd1'sOut)
As a kid, I thought that’s what it was called. It definitely sounded like “old timers” instead of “Alzheimer’s” to a small child
Load More Replies...Some of these are mildly funny, but most of them are boring and/or stupid
someone should introduce you to Ryo, but I don't think he has friends. kind of sad when you think about it.
Load More Replies...I read about a Mexican without great English who referred to an angry goose as a "cobra chicken" because it was hissing at him.
Load More Replies...Ikr!!! we had them at youth group and my friend said "well why don't they just call them S'moreos?? I mean, seriously!
Load More Replies...you stole my name. my name is also ella. also, cool joke
Load More Replies...Interesting. Thank you for sharing If your reading this I hope you have a great day and know. “For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.” John 3:16 NIV
One such a week as this, Youve all made me smile! Thank you
What idiot called them glove compartments instead of toaster boxes? (thank you Jaiden Animations and TheOdd1'sOut)
As a kid, I thought that’s what it was called. It definitely sounded like “old timers” instead of “Alzheimer’s” to a small child
Load More Replies...Some of these are mildly funny, but most of them are boring and/or stupid
someone should introduce you to Ryo, but I don't think he has friends. kind of sad when you think about it.
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