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What is meant by «pun intended»?
I am not a native speaker of English. I came across many articles which used the phrase «pun intended». In many cases I am not able to grasp the meaning of the sentence as what this phrase mean in the context. For example,
Behavioural experts say it is not just the wiring that causes the ‘differences’ (pun intended).
I am totally clueless about what the meaning of the phrase inside the braces is. What does it mean?
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Pun intended means that the joke was a deliberate one.
A pun is a play with a word, e.g. «You can tune a guitar, but you can’t tuna fish.»
Sometimes authors accidentally do this; that is, they did not mean to play with a word, but a reader can interpret the author’s work as a pun.
However, here, it is specifically stating that this pun was intended, or deliberate.
I’m surprised that nobody has mentioned that the phrase «pun intended» is a form of wordplay itself:
As others have commented, a pun is a play on words, usually using words that sound the same or similar to give multiple meanings to a phrase.
This, I believe, is the original phrase.
Playing on this, some people occasionally reverse the phrase by removing the negative:
to make it clear to the listener that yes, they are using wordplay to make their point.
(Interestingly Google has
11 million hits for «pun intended», but
21 million for no pun intended, even though every page that contains «no pun intended» must contain «pun intended»!)
Pun intended что значит
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)
As the turtle and rabbit raced off in a racecar and robbed little 8-year-old Jamie of his pants,they called to him,»You lost your pants,kiddo,but keep your shirt on-pun intended!»
As pantsless 3-year-old Patrick yelped in indignation at being stared at by his cousin,10-year-old Michael,and Michael’s friends Josh and Frankie,his mommy Rachel said,»Patrick,pumpkin,just ignore them and keep your shirt on,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:
AMERICAN PHRASE, widely considered by some to be a clichГ©. 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.
#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?»
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Pun intended что значит
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:
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
person 1- ray william johnson is retarded
person 2- no pun intended.
AMERICAN PHRASE, widely considered by some to be a clichГ©. 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.
#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?»
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Смотреть что такое «no pun intended» в других словарях:
no\ pun\ intended. — Said when one tells a lame joke. Usually said by the person who made the joke and followed by someone who understands the phrase, saying What pun?. From the mediocre movie Rat Race. john: knock knock bob: who s there? john: boo bob: boo who? john … Dictionary of american slang
no\ pun\ intended. — Said when one tells a lame joke. Usually said by the person who made the joke and followed by someone who understands the phrase, saying What pun?. From the mediocre movie Rat Race. john: knock knock bob: who s there? john: boo bob: boo who? john … Dictionary of american slang
pun — pun1 [pʌn] n [Date: 1600 1700; Origin: Probably from pundigrion pun (17 19 centuries), perhaps from Italian puntiglio; PUNCTILIOUS] an amusing use of a word or phrase that has two meanings, or of words that have the same sound but different… … Dictionary of contemporary English
NPI — No Pun Intended … Glossary of chat acronyms & text shorthand
npi — no pun intended … Glossary of chat acronyms & text shorthand
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Embers — is a radio play by Samuel Beckett. It was written in English in 1957 and first broadcast on BBC Radio 3 on 24th June 1959. Donald McWhinnie directed Jack MacGowran – for whom the play was especially written [Bair, D., Samuel Beckett: A Biography… … Wikipedia
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Cowboys & Aliens — This article is about the film. For other uses, see Cowboys and Aliens. Cowboys Aliens Official one sheet poster … Wikipedia
“No pun intended” meaning: 4 examples of how to use it in a sentence
Have you ever heard someone tell a joke and then say “No pun intended”?
In this article, I want to look at some situations where people might say it, why puns are so great, and whether you should say it.
At the end of this article, you’ll know what people mean when they say “no pun intended”.
What does “No pun intended” mean?
“No pun intended” means something like “I didn’t mean to make that pun”. However, what “No pun intended” can sometimes mean is “I noticed nobody found that funny, so I will act as if I didn’t mean to make a joke”. There will also be times when “No pun intended” means “I 100% did mean to make that pun, but I want act as though I didn’t”.
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What is a pun?
Let’s take a look at what a pun is. Of course, a pun is a type of joke. However, it’s not something that you could often hear a stand-up comedian say. The pun does not rely on voice, and much of the time can be written rather than said.
Most jokes told in this scenario tend to be funny stories or “it’s funny because it’s true” kind of jokes.
A pun is a play on words, you can either blend words into one or get homophones mixed up. Many of the jokes we would tell one another when we were young would have been puns.
Examples of when the pun IS intended
Let’s take a look at some puns and explore what they do with the English language?
“What do you call it when a cat wins a dog show? A cat-has-trophy”.
This one is very clever because it takes the word “catastrophe” and realises it sounds like “cat has trophy”.
“A brickie said to his boss ‘We have a problem’. To which his boss says “Lay it down”.
Here, the joke teller has realised that “Lay it down” can be talking about something physical (like a brick), or something mental, like information”.
Other examples are “What happened when the god of thunder hit himself whilst hammering in a nail? A Thor thumb”.
“I want to use more herbs. But I haven’t the Thyme”.
My defence of puns
As grown-ups, when many of us hear or read a pun, we tend to roll our eyes and think of the teller and immature and childish. But I want to take this chance to defend puns.
To make a pun, your grasp of the English language needs to be strong. You will need to understand what words sound similar to other words, how phrases can mean two things and have a clear idea of homophones.
Puns link two things that sound similar but are entirely different. But at the end of the day, jokes are always fun, even if they can be a bit rubbish sometimes.
4 examples of how to use “No pun intended” in a sentence
Let’s take a look at 4 examples of how someone might say “No pun intended”, and how it can mean different things.
Example #1- When a pun is made by accident.
Our first example is an extract from a news article that I just made up.
“After a bitter election during the Covid pandemic, Joe Biden trumped his opponent- no pun intended”.
The pun here is that Biden’s opponent’s name was Trump, but “trumped” can also mean “beat”. We can assume that the joke teller is trying to make the topic of politics slightly less dull.
Example #2- When the joke flops.
For our next example, let’s take a look at someone saying it as a way of hiding the fact their pun didn’t go as successfully as the speaker had hoped.
“‘Do you think he’ll win the boxing match tomorrow?’
‘I reckon he’s got a fighting chance’.
He looked around the room and saw that nobody was laughing.
A “fighting chance” means you can do it, but only if you work very hard. But “fighting” can also refer to a physical altercation, which happens during a boxing match.
Example #3- When a pun is intended, but the writer wants to seem like it wasn’t
“Ever since Chris Wink left, Matt Goldman has been feeling kinda blue- no pun intended”.
Chris Wink and Matt Goldman are both members of a band called the “Blue Man group”. They are three men who wear blue and perform music. However, to be “feeling blue” means feeling sad, as blue is often associated with sadness.
In the example, the band member is feeling sad because his bandmate has left. However, because the band members are blue, it makes sense to link it with another phrase related to the word “blue”.
Just to be clear, the blue man group is still together, I just used this phrase as an example.
Example #4
In our final example, I want to look at an annoyed resident of a town who wants her council to collect her bins.
“My bins haven’t been collected in a month. Our council is rubbish! No pun intended”.
She is complaining that her council isn’t collecting her rubbish. “Rubbish” can also mean not very good. She is saying her council is not very good because it’s not collecting her garbage.
Due to the serious nature of the conversation, it’s safe to assume she did not mean to make a pun.
Should you say “No pun intended”?
Some people would argue that you shouldn’t say the phrase “no pun intended”, because even if you don’t mean to make a joke, there is nothing wrong with bringing a lighter mood to people’s day.
There might even be a few people who would argue that by saying “no pun intended” you’re running the joke. It’ll be nice to think that people make jokes on purpose because they want to make others happy. At the end of the day, life doesn’t have to be serious all the time, and the odd pun here and there can be things better.
And if you intentionally make a pun people don’t find funny, it’s their problem, not yours!
Conclusion
No pun intended is usually said either when people make a pun but don’t mean to or make a pun that people don’t find funny.
Even though puns are often thought of as childish jokes, they are a great way of showing how well you understand the English language and how many words you know. Next time you crack a pun by mistake you might want to say “no pun intended” or you might decide you’re better off allowing people to laugh and acting as though the pun was on purpose.