“Macaronic” comes from the Latin word “macaronicus,” which means “medley” or “jumble,” because macaronic puns make use of words (real or contrived) from more than one language.

Here are our favorite puns for kids. These jokes and one-liners will tickle the punny bone of kids and kids-at-heart of all ages.

Puns are so funny because they use wordplay to make a joke out of a word that sounds similar to another word, or a word that has more than one meaning.

Knockout punchlines delivered inside a boxing ring saw a new winner crowned in the 2025 UK Pun Championships. The format of the contest was a royal pun-ble inside Leicester's De Montfort Hall ...

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 people call the lowest form of humor.

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 that delivers laughs beyond a standard play ...

Puns have often been called the lowest form of humour, but a New York Times bestselling author argues otherwise. In his new book Wit's End, Boston writer James Geary says "puns point to the ...

San Francisco Giants announcer Mike Krukow offered a brief summary of a explosive tantrum by one of the Miami Marlins' ...

The idea is that Sanskrit was known for its word play. One problem is that, according to the OED's first citations, pundit entered English in 1661, after pun, which appeared in 1644.

One of my favorite corny jokes in the whole world involves a homophone pun and goes something like this: Larry: Hey Jeff, wanna play tennis tonight? Jeff: Nah, can't. I've got a weak back. Larry ...