Mickey7@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 6 days agoWorm doll I sleep withlemmy.worldimagemessage-square27linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
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minus-squareIoughttamow@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up0·6 days agoSmart, that’ll keep you worm at night
minus-squareLemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·5 days agoOk but “warm” is an adjective. “Worm” is a noun. A person cannot be kept [noun].
minus-squareSomething Burger 🍔@jlai.lulinkfedilinkarrow-up0·5 days agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pun
minus-squareLemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·5 days agoHow funny you posted the definition of the word pun, thank you for that side quest, but warm/ worm is not a pun.
minus-squareLemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·5 days agoIt’s just a similar-sounding word.
minus-squareTheAvarageNerd@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·5 days ago I personally find the choice in the given context funny, even if it isn’t grammatically clean. I believe that does make it a pun.
Smart, that’ll keep you worm at night
Ok but “warm” is an adjective. “Worm” is a noun. A person cannot be kept [noun].
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pun
How funny you posted the definition of the word pun, thank you for that side quest, but warm/ worm is not a pun.
What is it then?
It’s just a similar-sounding word.
I personally find the choice in the given context funny, even if it isn’t grammatically clean. I believe that does make it a pun.