What makes a good pun? Obviously some puns are simply more novel, more clever, and more surprising, and are better for these reasons. Psychologists Michael Apter and Mizi Desselles propose an ...

A good pun is like a good steak — a rare medium well done. In such a prey on words, rare, medium, and well done are double entendres, so that six meanings are packed into the space ordinarily occupied ...

The new book The Pun Also Rises, by 1995 O. Henry Pun-Off World Champion John Pollack, traces the surprising long and rich history of what some... Not Jest For Pun: A Surprising History Of Wordplay "A ...

"A pun is notoriously difficult to define, but it's a type of wordplay, and it takes many different forms," says John Pollack. "The most common type of pun is the humorous use of a word in such a way ...