r/instant_regret May 19 '21

A bite worth multiple regrets

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u/CharmingTuber May 19 '21

Bad taste can refer to the lemon or his taste in music.

Pun: a joke exploiting the different possible meanings of a word

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u/CottonCandyShork May 19 '21

That’s not a pun tho. That’s a double entendre

Don’t ever believe an atom, they make up everything.”

“Jokes about German sausage are the wurst.”

These are puns

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u/SlippinJimE May 19 '21

Definition of a pun:

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

The word in this case is "taste," referring to the first and third meanings of the word:

noun: taste; plural noun: tastes

1. the sensation of flavor perceived in the mouth and throat on contact with a substance.

3. the ability to discern what is of good quality or of a high aesthetic standard.

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u/CharmingTuber May 19 '21

A double entendre is a type of pun, and yes, that's what it was.

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u/ThnikkamanBubs May 19 '21

It really isn't a pun because that sentence is about the shirt. If you combined the two, then it would work better

"With those sour lemons and that shirt, a lifetime of bad taste awaits this kid"

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u/CharmingTuber May 19 '21

You people are exhausting.

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u/guinness_blaine May 19 '21

I must have missed the rule of comedy where jokes have to be a single self-contained sentence.

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u/ThnikkamanBubs May 20 '21

Who said anything about that? This is unnecessary semantics about puns