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Pity the pun. Spurned as the lowest and dullest form of wit, the pun elicits groans not giggles. Charles Lamb called the pun “a pistol let off at the ear.” Ambrose Bierce defined the pun as “a form of ...

"No pun intended" is a phrase we hear a lot, but as Lee Cowan found out, there's an annual gathering in Texas where puns are not only intended, they're encouraged -- and so are the groans: The signs ...

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 ...

My heart hammered as I walked on stage to compete at the O. Henry Pun-Off World Championship in Austin, Texas. For years, my punning had pushed friends, family and potential employers away. For once, ...

Puns have come a long way from being shunned to be the center of the sell-out Brooklyn event, Punderdome. Astrid Stawiarz/NY Post If you hate puns, well we’re sorry, but take your sheep home, because ...

Puns are divisive in comedy. Critics groan that they are the “lowest form of wit,” a quote attributed to various writers. Others—including Shakespeare—pun with abandon. The brain itself seems divided ...

This story originally appeared on Mental Floss. Puns tend to make some people groan while thoroughly delighting others. For anyone in the latter camp, little could be more amusing than a pun or joke ...

When it comes to puns, I am a hot dog. I relish them. It's hard to ketchup with me, because I am a mustard-ent supporter of them. At this point, you either love me or hate. Either way is OK by me, but ...