A pun is not bound by the laws which limit nicer wit. It is a pistol let off at the ear; not a feather to tickle the intellect.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
For my own part I think no innocent species of wit or pleasantry should be suppressed: and that a good pun may be admitted among the smaller excellencies of lively conversation.
Puns are a form of humor with words.
I think puns are not just the lowest form of wit, but the lowest form of human behavior.
A pun is the lowest form of humor, unless you thought of it yourself.
The pun exists in a social and political void, caring nothing for the issues of its day, content merely to display itself in its small cleverness.
Puns are the droppings of soaring wits.
A good pun may be admitted among the smaller excellencies of lively conversation.
It requires genius to make a good pun - some men of bright parts can't reach it.
I'm a terrible punster. And I love to rhyme. I just can't help myself.
If you compulsively pun you are called a paronomasiac.
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