no pun intended
2006-07-12 16:45:20 · 11 answers · asked by Selena Jade's Mommy 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
A pun (also known as paronomasia) is a figure of speech which consists of a deliberate confusion of similar words or phrases for rhetorical effect, whether humorous or serious. A pun can rely on the assumed equivalency of multiple similar words (homonymy), of different shades of meaning of one word (polysemy), or of a literal meaning with a metaphor. Bad puns are sometimes called "cheesy".
Here is an example of a pun. They are often used as a simple joke.
Q: What instrument do fish like to play? A: A bass guitar." (Pun on the identical spelling of /beıs/ (low frequency), and /bæs/ (a kind of fish)).
Sometimes in conversation a phrase will slip out that strikes the speaker as a pun...therefore they say no pun intended so that the listener will know that the pun was either unintentional or that they realize it was not that funny...or sometimes even to point out the humor in what was said...whether or not it was intentional.
2006-07-12 16:55:16 · answer #1 · answered by Pamela 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A pun is like... Baseball on a foggy day is all about hit and mist. It can have two meanings. If people say "no pun intended" , they mean the non-funny one. At what the actual words mean, not the "funny" or "haha" version of the sentence.
2006-07-12 23:49:45 · answer #2 · answered by mistresskaida 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
NO PUN INTENDED.... literally, it means saying something that may offend someone, anyone or everyone without being intended... a quick excuse of saying "I'm sorry" and that "What I might mention would hurt anyone but I never intended it that way".... most people specially those emotional ones are easily offended but the speaker never meant it for him.....
2006-07-12 23:56:26 · answer #3 · answered by VeRDuGo 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pun = Play on words
One word that sound like another
Sun And Son
2006-07-12 23:49:25 · answer #4 · answered by Darkness 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Like when someone accidentaly makes a joke, but they didn't mean it. It seems a tad funny, but at the time it's either unwanted or inappropriote, so someone will say "No pun intended."
2006-07-12 23:48:59 · answer #5 · answered by ooh_rah07 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it means that what the person said included a pun (wordplay) but that it was unintentional and not the point of the word choice.
2006-07-12 23:48:09 · answer #6 · answered by rosends 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its hard to explain. It when you say something similar but didnt mean to and its not a joke
Kind of like if a pilot were to be leaving and say im 'taking off'
2006-07-12 23:48:54 · answer #7 · answered by A* 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a play on words, where similar words are used to create double entendres.
2006-07-12 23:51:25 · answer #8 · answered by hop0409 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
what does what mean
2006-07-13 00:06:04 · answer #9 · answered by Sammy Hagar 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What does what mean????? This???????? It means that I am an angel...........LMAOOOOOOO
2006-07-12 23:48:22 · answer #10 · answered by mizzzzthang 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋