what does 'no pun intended' mean?

Answer 1

People know the difference between a good and a bad pun: a word which can have two meanings. Good puns add to what is being said and show intelligence and verbal skill. Bad puns are easy and add nothing. It is a like a man trying to dance and falling gracelessly. When someons says, "No pun intended," he means that even though one of his words can have two meanings, he does not intend that. Let me give an example; a cobbler in Shakespeare says he is a mender of soles. Now a mender of "souls" could be a spiritual guide, since he helps improve the quality of one's soul. But there is little connection between a cobbler and a priest, unless you are dealing with a very spiritual cobbler. It takes a good deal of tact and intellegience to produce a true pun. And people who do not want to be thought to have made a bad one without knowing it, may add, "No pun intended," usually in quick speech.

Answer 2

You make a statement that under normal circumstance would be funny.

You are talking to a person with one leg and you tell them that if they are not careful with how he approaches something, he may not have a leg to stand on, no pun intented.

A man with one leg truly has no leg to stand on, but it was just a saying and no harm or joke was meant by it

Answer 3

People use it to explain when they are descibing something if they accidently say something funny they aren't being funny for example, when talking about a footballers skills you may say he is very good with balls - no pun intended!

Answer 4

It means "I just made a pun, but I did not think it out beforehand and I certainly did not make it on purpose."

Answer 5

no other funny meaning

Answer 6

dunkalink is right...