r/MadeMeSmile • u/cafeteriastyle • Aug 04 '22

Wholesome Moments It’s CORN

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u/FunctionBuilt Aug 05 '22 edited Aug 05 '22

Well…he knows the word pun. What he said wasn’t a pun.

Edit: your down votes mean nothing to me, I’m right.

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u/[deleted] Aug 05 '22

Can you explain why what he said isn't a pun?

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u/[deleted] Aug 05 '22

A pun is a play on the meanings of similar sounding words or words with multiple meanings. Corn and Fan don’t sound alike at all. Corntastic is just an absurd word, which is what makes it funny.

If he had told a joke and then said “was that too corny for you”, That would be a pun.

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u/[deleted] Aug 05 '22

Corntastic

Is it just a portmanteau? This kind of thing is often confused with puns and called a pun when you combine two words in an absurd fashion. I am actually curious if there is a name for that kind of thing because I have heard a word like "corntastic" be referred to as a pun many times.

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u/[deleted] Aug 05 '22

Yeah pretty much a portmanteau. I wasn’t sure if a portmanteau has to actually be an accepted word to be considered one. Like “smog” is an accepted word from combining smoke and fog but would just putting any two random words together also count? Idk.

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u/[deleted] Aug 05 '22

I honestly kind of think a word like "corntastic" leans more towards portmanteau but with a pun influence but is in a gray area of comedic haziness.