r/puns • • 15d ago

[Meta] Puns Mod Newsletter

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I hope everyone has been doing well. There seem to be a few things we need to sort out.

1. This is a puns sub

Puns are not just any type of joke or wordplay, and not just any type of wordplay or jokes are allowed. Puns either utilize different meanings of the same word, or they utilize 2 similarly-sounding words. They are not simply dad jokes, parodies, memes, cliches/idioms, rebuses (word pictures), anagrams, spoonerisms, or other types of wordplay. Not every joke is a pun, and not every pun is funny or even intended as a joke. Also, this is not the place to post nonsense, gibberish, dating requests, random recipes, posts related to Pune (that's in India, not wordplay), or social posts.

2. Do not post the same thing multiple times in a row

If you are new, your posts will be held for review. Other times, mods will remove them. The mods are not obligated to say why they removed your posts. Just be patient and see if they will be approved within a couple of days. If not, try using modmail or at least read the rules, the wiki, and the posts that are approved, and see if what you post follows precedent.

3. For now, AI images are allowed

We know not everyone likes AI images. The mods' intention and focus are that there are puns. Any images exist to make the pun clear, not to win art awards. Nobody gets paid for posting their images on Reddit, so it isn't taking revenue from artists. If you don't like AI images, please do not complain about them or report them. That said, all other rules must apply to AI images. Posts are not to be hateful, defamatory, violating copyright/trademarks, threatening, libelous, abusive, spam, disruptive, or targeting individuals or protected groups, regardless of whether they are AI-generated.


r/puns • • 14h ago

Negotiating with a very literal bike seller

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r/puns • • 10h ago

Ramen

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325 Upvotes

r/puns • • 22h ago

I just want to know

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925 Upvotes

r/puns • • 17h ago

An unfortunate abbreviation for a friendship campaign at school

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231 Upvotes

r/puns • • 7h ago

Double pun

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36 Upvotes

r/puns • • 19h ago

Nothing is written in stone

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253 Upvotes

r/puns • • 17h ago

[Request] I need a punny name for my lab souvenir

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97 Upvotes

I had a biology lab today and they let us keep a small vial of strawberry DNA with schiff’s reagent in it and my lab proctor does not want me to name it… so I’m looking for a DNA pun-based name for her 😁


r/puns • • 51m ago

What do Australians call a placeholder for the real thing?

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A proxy, mate


r/puns • • 2h ago

What do you call a Candle that can handle any job no matter how bad it stinks?

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r/puns • • 1d ago

The perfect sign

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r/puns • • 14h ago

Bedtime

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When the cows fall asleep, it’s time to go to bed. Because it’s pasture bedtime.


r/puns • • 14h ago

What do you call it when your feet fall asleep?

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Comatoes


r/puns • • 18h ago

Where do you put your receipts?

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In a receiptacle, of course.


r/puns • • 2d ago

The perfect delivery driver name doesn't exist

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r/puns • • 1d ago

Roam wasn’t built in a day

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36 Upvotes

r/puns • • 1d ago

Who’s punning Pooh?

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488 Upvotes

r/puns • • 18h ago

Why did the chicken go back to its house?

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r/puns • • 2d ago

He has deep feelings

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469 Upvotes

r/puns • • 20h ago

What fairground ride is made of metal?

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r/puns • • 1d ago

Puns that use a geographic name

17 Upvotes

I'll go first.

-Belize me when I tell you this is punny.

-I don't Belize it.

-Your UnBelizeable.

Your turn.


r/puns • • 2d ago

It’s knight time y’all

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r/puns • • 1d ago

Found some old ears, going as a cat for the office's Halloween Day. What are the most insufferable cat puns you can think of?

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For context: I run a whiteboard that people check with a new pun every week. People will not be surprised. I'm trying to go for as many groans as possible.

What I have so far:

"Good meow-ning everybody! :D"

"I'm feline pretty good today :3"

And then sometime later in the day: "Purr-fect!"


r/puns • • 2d ago

They were soft-shell and everything...

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217 Upvotes

r/puns • • 1d ago

Psych minor

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