559: No Pun Intended
explain xkcd: It's 'cause you're dumb.
| No Pun Intended |
 Title text: Like spelling 'dammit' correctly -- with two m's -- it's a troll that works best on the most literate. |
[edit] Explanation
"No pun intended" is an idiom meaning that something just said wasn't meant to be a pun, implying that the preceding statement could be interpreted as one. As done in the comic, following a non-pun with "no pun intended" breaks this implication and confuses listeners.
[edit] Transcript
- My Hobby: Appending "no pun intended" to lines with no pun in them.
- [Cueball is talking to a guy with a beret]
- Cueball: I think he's internalized his girlfriend's attitudes - no pun intended - and so...
- Three hours later:
- [Beret guy is thinking]
- Beret guy: "Internalized?" Lied? Analyzed? Or is it "attitudes"? Dammit.
add a comment!Discussion
To be fair, internalising anything from a girlfriend... or a girlfriend internalising anything from a boyfriend.... could have some implications. Which wasn't intended here I'm sure. 122.148.216.22 08:21, 14 March 2013 (UTC)
