no pun intended
I've read every definition here and they all get this terms' meaning slightly wrong. Firstly a pun is a
play on words, intended to be semi-absurd and comical by describing a thing or situation using words that could also describe the situation with another meaning. For instance suppose there was a skinny farmer picking berries, but he doesn't find that many, another person might observe "looks like
slim pickins".Puns often are the worst kind of joke because they do not require much
cleverness.When someone says no pun intended, however, it is when they say something that could be taken to have two meanings; an obvious one, and a slightly "off" interpretation; and they want you to know they are not making an intentional play on words and want you to take what they said to be the obvious meaning:
no pun intended
by dan trainor on Mar 20, 2007 12:10:07
1. the act of discovering a
pun by sheer
coincidence and announcing the find.
2. the act of deliberately making a pun and feeling
embarassed that it can't be taken back
Example:
person 1: wait....haha!
get it? no pun intended!
person 2: stop
lying: you said that
on purpose.
no pun intended
by eggcorn on Jul 23, 2011 15:31:57
something you say when you attempt to make
a joke with a
pun and no one laughs
at it.
No Pun Intended
by A Suburban Urban on Jul 19, 2015 23:01:40
AMERICAN PHRASE, widely considered by some to be a cliché. Two uses of this phrase.
#1. "
No pun intended!" Is a clarification you make after a remark you uttered that DID indeed contain a pun. You exclaim, "No pun intended" because you honestly did mean to construct the
setence to contain a pun.
#2 The second meaning of, "
no pun intended" can be tongue-in-cheek or more harshly put, untruthful. In this instance a person purposely inserted the pun. The motivations for doing so vary. Some reasons include: doing it to be humerous, attempting to be clever, wanting to engage in word play, or doing so to annoy people who hate puns. They fib by saying, "No pun intended!" because: they want to avoid embarrassment after no one laughed, escape retribution from those they annoyed on purpose or perhaps they feel foolish for making the pun at all.
Example:
#1 Pun WITHOUT intent. "That pistol is so tiny looks like he could be a son of a gun. Sorry, no pun intented!"
#2 Pun WITH intent: "Look at that duck. Hope he has a lot of money just look at the size of his BILL! Ha, ha, ha!
No pun intended,
right guys?"
intended no pun intented unintended pun puns "
no pun intended" phrase cliché
pun intended
by jimmybone d on Apr 22, 2008 13:01:22
Added after a pun, a play on words mostly for a comic reception. Usually someone adds 'pun intended' when the pun isn't so clear, or to emphasize the pun.
Usually in
brackets: (pun intended)
See also:
no pun intended npi
Example:
When
Thou hast done, Thou hast not done. For I have more. (pun intended)
No pun intended
by placeholderhandle on Jun 17, 2015 13:55:13
Example:
Jack: "At least
the farmer made it back to his roots. No
pun intended."
Jill: "There's
no chance that pun was unintentional."
Jack: "Yeah, I know. I just instantly feel like an annoying asshole."
Jill: "Good, you should."
pun intended
by Glest on Feb 01, 2010 00:35:40
An expression
to clarify the use of a
pun in a previous statement. Most often
employed when a speaker does not trust his audience to recognize the pun on its own.
Example:
A
pun is its own reword (pun intended).
Pun Intended
by Willoe on Jul 03, 2011 02:01:26
No pun intended
by mamaiamjustaman on Dec 16, 2011 05:49:50
Example:
"When I was presenting my fiancee with the ring, it
fumbled out of my fingers and rolled down the sidewalk into the sewer. I guess you can say I had a 4-carat run of bad luck. No pun intended."
"When I lost my job, my boss called security guards who took me by force and threw me outside their front door. Just as I was sitting there on the sidewalk, a man dropped a newspaper in my lap and I saw an ad for a job. I guess you can say the opportunity literally fell in my lap."
"Cats are like men when it comes to
looking for a date. Their singing resembles cat wailing. Never go to Karaoke on a Saturday night if you don't like cats. The air will be thick with
cat call both inside and outside."
No Pun Intended
by Fat Josh on Jan 14, 2009 03:45:43