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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.
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Šimon Špaček 6 years ago
'I'm taking my cat to autocorrect.' Damn, autocorrect...
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Jeff__Coon 6 years ago
No joke: there's actually a shop near my house called that! :^p
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Bloxmakesgames2019 5 years ago
It also works because autocorrect almost never actually fixes your problems
Laura Roberts 6 years ago
Having a husband in the auto industry, I approve this change.(ha kidding obviously I do not have that authority!)
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Lemon Garnished Potato 6 years ago
I can relate to this. (See: "No, I refuse to sleep! You can't make me!" -me, at 2 am, whilst my sister tries to convince me to sleep)
Gracie Mae 6 years ago
but they DID call it insomnomnomnia when you can't sleep & get up to eat in the middle of the night!
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Cra-Z cat lady 6 years ago
Yay those dumb trolls that don't like you aren't on here!!
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Jon S. 6 years ago
High heels were invented for men. Then they became the upperclass norm, then men stopped wearing them in the 19th century. I wish women would too, they cause so much hassle.
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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.
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Foxxy 6 years ago
It certainly can be, some are of course due to circumstances and environmental but other times it is hereditary. Mine is hereditary but made worse by circumstances. It is likely I will be on antidepressants for life because I am supposedly deficient in seratonin.
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Laura Roberts 6 years ago
We have enough homophones in the English language- it’s confusing enough! But I work in the medical field and geek out over medical terminology so this is very funny!
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Amazon QT 6 years ago (edited)
No, there’s only one island, Long Island. -•-•- Bahamas: Thousand Island Dressing
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Lisa Onitnelot 6 years ago
who cares, it's a pun. isn't it past your bed time?
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Samhhain Cat 6 years ago
Alexander Graham Bell was a f*****g monster. He had a DEAF KID and refused to teach him sign language.
Laura Roberts 6 years ago
CAN I BE THE BUZZKILL AGAIN? Well 1. His parents named him (a real name.) Oh I didn’t need two and the second part was unnecessary.
Analyn Lahr 6 years ago
I'm guessing that would be his parents. I expect they kicked themselves later.
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.”
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M. Kel 6 years ago
The inventor of the Bra was named Titslinger. so... why don't we just call them that?
Lucas 6 years ago
Tit-tote is something a friend calls hers... as in tote bag (not sure how many countries use the term).
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Barbara Ilma Eva Westwood 6 years ago
Good description of my problem now that I have arthritis in my shoulder socket. I'm trapped with my bra on until my husband rescues me.
Snowy Tundra 6 years ago
Has everyone forgotten about Otto Titzling? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_Titzling
Samhhain Cat 6 years ago
We have a store in St. John's that sells bras called "The Boobie Trap" ;)
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European other 6 years ago
That's because we don't want to know about Trump's borderline erection.
Pamela24 6 years ago
To be fair - I don't think we really wanna know about the wall either.
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Living_Shadow 6 years ago
Because that brings to mind distasteful images that makes one want to throw themselves off a cliff
Colin Leetham 6 years ago
Since he hasn't been able to put up his fence, that gives him erection dysfunction.
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Laura Roberts 6 years ago
Well, if you saw the newest edition of ICD 10 you’d know we actually have a diagnosis code for even unrealistic and crazy stunts, so it would definitely be more than just a trip.
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!
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Incognito 6 years ago
most dads actually don't have dadbods. dadbods are basically just celeb bods but without the abs
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Ryo Bakura 6 years ago
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?
Amy Whitehead-Lee 6 years ago
Vets treat farm animals and working animals too... If we're being pedantic.
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Laura Roberts 6 years ago
Honestly we enjoy calling our dog “dogtor” because we currently don’t have human children, although the clarification isn’t really needed.
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Quinn Alexander 6 years ago
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.
Ryo Bakura 6 years ago
What the hell is a "moon enthusiast"? "Yeah, I'm not interested in astronomy as a whole, but I love me some moon!"
Lisa Onitnelot 6 years ago
if you tell me your address i can show you my moon.
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Kizzy Kizzy 6 years ago
The world lunatic comes from people believing those in insane asylums were heavily influenced from the moon hence the line in hocus pocus "it's a full moon, all the crazies are out" and then tic if from people having nervous ticks, like tapping your leg or drumming your fingers.
Laura Roberts 6 years ago
Not only do I enjoy anything space related, Luna is also my favorite HP character. Luna in Sailor Moon is lovely character as well.
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Zachariah Brown 5 years ago
Once I slipped recklessly and broke my collarbone. looking back on it, I should have slipped carefully.
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Koalamonster 6 years ago
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.
Mangoes'nRum 6 years ago
This is like Rollerblades. Rollerblade is the company name and in-line skate is the things actual name..
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2WheelTravlr 6 years ago
What part of a motorcycle cycles? The "cycle" portion of the word comes from the Greek word for "wheel", kuklos.
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Mario Clouâtre 6 years ago
In French it's "motomarine". Which translate to marine-motorcycle .
Beth Arriaga 6 years ago
The French are smart at everything aren't they. I hate them so much.... #notreally #imjustjealous
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QueenoftheSquids 6 years ago
I dunno but they missed a golden opportunity. Like, PURE GOLD opportunity material I mean who wouldn’t buy something called a boatercycle???
James Naron 6 years ago
In the video game Far Cry 5, the jet-skis are actually called Boatercycles if you look closely at them.
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Jon S. 6 years ago (edited)
I've not read the book, but I've been told Michael Crichton addressed this very point in the text. The park owners thought it sounded better and they were there to sell tickets, not be accurate.
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Ryo Bakura 6 years ago
You deserve all the cookies in the world. And I'd give them to you, if there was no risk of you getting diabetes as a result.
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Sara Mccracken 6 years ago
maybe a name change would make people stop and think what a toxic thing fertilizer usually is to the environment!
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Kaisu 6 years ago (edited)
No but it actually is called that! Ilion is a name for Troy and thus Iliad means pretty much Troy Story
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Marcellus the Third 6 years ago
OK how about Diafaeces then, after their rotting brown colour and smell?
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Troy Currie 6 years ago
What would we call the concrete trails on the sides of the streets...Crabs?
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Crystal Latham 6 years ago
Because the selfie came after the mugshot, so the idea of the “cellfie” had no pertinence at the time.
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Walkus-Andrew Andrea 6 years ago
Funny, the original comment elicited no response but you did. Lol
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Lemon Garnished Potato 6 years ago
Peasant: Where art thou off to, good sir knight? Knight: I am off to compete in the poker knight tournament, good sir!
Lisa Onitnelot 6 years ago
how do you know what poking looks like. from all your comments in guessing you're a virgin.
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Ryo Bakura 6 years ago
Tanning bread sounds like bread you can tan, not what you use to tan it.
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Monika Soffronow 6 years ago
It works the other way around, too. What idiot named it the BBC instead of the English Channel?
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Lisa Onitnelot 6 years ago
i can't do this anymore. you win. I've spent took much time on you. I'm going to live my life now.
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Pusfarm 6 years ago
Whoosh!!!! That's the sound of the point of this thread wizzing over your head.
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Lisa Onitnelot 6 years ago
man, you need to get a life if you dissected one sentence that's supposed to be a play on words. grow a sense of humor.
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Melissa Boatman Linebaugh 6 years ago
After perusing his comments, I believe Ryo Bakura, too , thinks he had great and unmatched wisdom.
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Pusfarm 6 years ago
Facepalm!! I'm guessing you have no friends and this is your only "social" outlet.
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Stimpy 6 years ago
Yeah. "Jesus juice" is what you should get if you squeeze out a full grown Jesus. Which is mostly his blood. Which is, in the case of Jesus, wine...
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"Jesus juice" is wine, from that whole Catholic "wine is my blood, wafers are my body" thingy. Holy water is not wine. If you've been told otherwise, you may want to have a talk with your priest about your childhood.
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Greg Hoggarth 6 years ago (edited)
I read about a Mexican without great English who referred to an angry goose as a "cobra chicken" because it was hissing at him.
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Bean59 5 years ago
Ikr!!! we had them at youth group and my friend said "well why don't they just call them S'moreos?? I mean, seriously!
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darubyprincess 6 years ago
you stole my name. my name is also ella. also, cool joke
Load More Replies... Greg Hoggarth 6 years ago (edited)
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... Bean59 5 years ago
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... darubyprincess 6 years ago
you stole my name. my name is also ella. also, cool joke
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