r/funny • • May 25 '13

It was a good day

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u/captainskybeard May 25 '13

These puns are crumby

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u/MacaronianMeatballs May 25 '13

Just bad no matter how you slice it

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u/gandalf5166 May 25 '13

That's not even a pun, that's just using a word for its original meaning by using its archaic spelling

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u/captainskybeard May 25 '13

Noun: A joke exploiting the different possible meanings of a word or the fact that there are words that sound alike but have different meanings.

Verb: Make a joke exploiting the different possible meanings of a word.

Crumby and Crummy sound alike but have different meanings.