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No pun intended
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GoodSarmatian
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'No pun intended' is usually a sarcastic way of saying 'pun intended'.
It's both enraging. Not only does it violate the don't 'explain the joke' rule, it's also a self-congratulatory way of saying 'see what I did there' and implies the audience is to dumb to figure it out on their own.
It's both enraging. Not only does it violate the don't 'explain the joke' rule, it's also a self-congratulatory way of saying 'see what I did there' and implies the audience is to dumb to figure it out on their own.
Instead of 'no pun intended' I just go with a 
It's a stupid thing to say. If I'm playing a game and a move I make turns out spectacularly well, I don't go around all the other players and say 'I'm sorry, I didn't mean to do something amazing. I meant to bore you with my mundanity; to let you, teammates, down, and to give you, opponents, a chance.'
No way. I was playing well, and I'm happy that something I wanted to go well did.
When conversing, if I make a pun that I didn't intend, why would I apologise or deny it? It's implicitly suggesting that humour is a bad thing. It's saying "I'm sorry that I said something funny and interesting at the same time. I really want just to be boring, so please treat me as such."
What a joke.
No way. I was playing well, and I'm happy that something I wanted to go well did.
When conversing, if I make a pun that I didn't intend, why would I apologise or deny it? It's implicitly suggesting that humour is a bad thing. It's saying "I'm sorry that I said something funny and interesting at the same time. I really want just to be boring, so please treat me as such."
What a joke.
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It's funnier when none was intended. So it's worth mentioning.
Should no pun intended mean "please ignore my accidental pun" or "laugh cause I just made a pun by accident"?
Because some people in this thread seem to take it for one and some the other.
Either way, I think it's an overused phrase, so you won't find me using it.
As for "(pun intended)", in speech there are other ways to draw attention to a pun, so it's unnecessary and awkward. In writing it might make sense, but I've never seen it used.
Because some people in this thread seem to take it for one and some the other.
Either way, I think it's an overused phrase, so you won't find me using it.
As for "(pun intended)", in speech there are other ways to draw attention to a pun, so it's unnecessary and awkward. In writing it might make sense, but I've never seen it used.
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I find the smarter someone is, the greater a chance they enjoy puns. No pun included.
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