Pun Intended

A shorter post on the definition of a pun: a word that's intentionally used as if it were a word that sounds the same or very similar. So, if anyone ever says, "no pun intended," they've just realized that they used a word that could be interpreted the wrong way. And unintentional puns are often funnier than intentional ones. Still, unintentional puns are something of an oxymoron, since puns really can be distinguished from mistakes only if we can make some effort to guess at the author's intention. Hence, the awful difficulty of trying to explain what makes a pun funny. The title of this blog is an intentional pun.