Conversation becomes much more interesting when you add a flavour of humour to your words, and that’s why everyone gets naturally attracted to funny persons, the ones who are unintentionally funny and make even the double meaning statements much comfortable in a dialogue.
Today we will talk about one such statement that may save your accidental slip of tongue or at times add a humorous sound to your words. That is, “No Pun Intended”, in the literal terms it means that something has been said that has another or double meaning to it, and the speaker did not wish to imply anything awkward.
For instance,
“You need a man who takes charge and directs you” this statement may also come as sexually suggestive to some people or misogynist, although the speaker has intended to suggest navigation help from one’s partner.
When caught in such situations, you can end the statement with “no pun intended” or announce it as soon as the realization hits you in order to avoid miscommunication and unprofessional impressions.
“No Pun intended” is a handy neutralizer of statements, especially when slip of tongue is your natural problem.
Using No Pun Intended
“No pun intended” on the surface makes you innocent from the explicit or otherwise meaning, although in certain situations the speaker intends such meanings and lifts them away by announcing “No pun intended”, this also adds a diabolical drama to the personality, some people finding it funny and amusing.
Let’s say a carpenter fixes something at your house, and you excitedly say “ Nailed it, no pun intended” now this statement is not so offensive but rather adds a complimenting humorous touch.
So the statement also comes handy when you wish to intend something and saying no pun intended makes it even funnier.
Let’s also understand what a Pun is. In order to make some really good uses of it.
A pun is like a word play, where a word or phrase has more than one meaning both appearing in the same dialogue which makes the sentence clever, funny, ironic or at times sarcastic.
People who have word play skills are also considered to have a game in their conversation and this impresses the listeners so I would suggest getting your “no pun intended” handy.
Language is tricky, funny and powerful. It can attract a crowd and affect minds, and that’s why we make a great effort to create such articles for you, that helps you improve communication and dynamics of a language.
Make sure you use your puns smartly to be funny and not hurt emotions and bring out prejudices.
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