Puns are some of the best—and also worst—jokes on the planet. You can make a pun about anything: There are cat puns, egg puns, cheese puns, coffee puns, and many, many other types of puns. But while all puns are an achievement in word-smithery to some degree, one genre of pun stands out above the rest as the most advanced. That genre is puns about puns.
Sure, you might think it'd be easy to make a pun about a pun. Really, all you need to do is replace the prefix un- with pun- and you're good to go. But we promise, if you execute one of these puns about puns with the perfect timing, you'll be the envy of all your cheesy joke-making friends. Ahead, find the best puns about puns that are pun-believably hilarious.
1. How would you describe a pun about a pun?
They're pun-ishingly bad!
2. Why do thieves have a hard time understanding puns?
Because they take things literally!
3. Do you have something against puns?
No, I'm not homophonic!
4. What did the pun mom say to the new pun dad?
We have a pun in the oven!
5. What happened when the pun misbehaved in school?
He was pun-alized with detention!
6. What's a pun's favorite movie?
It's a Punderful Life!
7. Have you ever tried to write your own puns?
It's a fairly difficult pun-dertaking!
8. What type of apartment does a pun live in?
The pun-thouse!
9. Why did the two puns go to camp together?
They wanted to be pun-kmates!
10. What a pun's dream job?
To be an acu-pun-cturist!
11. What did the pun say to his annoying colleague?
You're being pun-reasonable right now!
12. Why did the pun fail his English class?
He didn't use proper pun-ctuation!
13. Why was the pun a bad comedian?
He never got the pun-chline right!
14. What's a pun's favorite love song?
"My Punny Valentine!"
15. What's a pun's best trait?
His pun-ctuality!
16. How were these puns about puns?
They were pun-questionably pun-fortunate!
17. Did you expect to laugh at them?
No, but they've groan on me!
