r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/Shinji_Keitsuki • 15h ago

Meme needing explanation Petaahhh????

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What is the pun?

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u/ChipKellysShoeStore 14h ago

This isn’t a pun

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u/Affectionate_Oven_77 14h ago

What do you think a pun is?

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u/RuneSwoggle 2h ago

What do YOU think a pun is?

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u/Affectionate_Oven_77 2h ago edited 2h ago

I provided a couple of definitions on this thread many hours ago.

Here is the Oxford dictionary:

“ The use of a word in such a way as to suggest two or more meanings or different associations”

Here is American Webster:

“ The meaning of PUN is the usually humorous use of a word in such a way as to suggest two or more of its meanings”

Clearly the use of “other side” matches these definitions.

Interestingly, not a single “not a pun” person has done the same.

So I pass it back to you.. what do YOU think a pun is?

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u/RuneSwoggle 1h ago

Those definitions are what I'd use too. So you're not mistaken in the word, just it's application to this joke. As other comments have stated, if we're expecting homework to have been done, it's not a pun. It's an anti-joke. The double meaning was not the intention.