Hi this is Tutor Nick P and this is Adverb Phrase 43. The Adverb Phrase today is " No
pun intended. " Yeah. This is a request video. A student wanted to know how to use this. So
let's take a look at the board here. Okay. If somebody wants a screenshot. All right . Let's
get right into it. In order to understand the meaning of this phrase you know, no pun intended,
we must first clarify you know, make it clear what a pun is. All right. A pun,
sometimes referred to as a play on words. Yeah. That's what we often say. That's what a pun is.
It's kind of making fun of words. So a pun is a humorous use of a word to suggest
two or more meanings or the meaning of another word similar in sound. All right. So there's
two different types. I 'll get to that as we go along . Puns are often used in titles
and are considered to be witty. It is a good skill for a creative writer to have. Yeah. Because a lot
of times people will notice that. That's cool. As I like that pun he did. All right. Let's
continue. All right. Here are some examples. All right. She had a photographic memory , but never
developed it. Okay. Well first of all photographic memory. There are a few people that actually
have this. That means that they don't forget anything. They could just read a book one time
and they remember every single page. They remember everything they read. It's almost like it's taking
a picture. It's very rare, but there are some people that have a photographic memory. So that's
what that is. So we say she had a photographic memory, but never developed it. Well here it's a
pun because of the word develop. Because remember, you used to develop photos. Make them you know,
into pictures and if you also say developed meaning that she really never... this photographic
memory is a skill. It's a talent and she never developed that. It means well she she probably
maybe she just had a regular job. Maybe she was a waitress or a hairdresser or something. Maybe
she never used her skill or talent. If you have a photographic memory. Well you know you could
probably end up getting a really good job. I don't know if you advance your learning. But that's what
they say. So she had a photographic memory , but never developed it. Okay. So again developed here
is the ...really the pun. That's what has a double meaning. She never brought it to its potential.
Okay. Let's continue. The second one we have is a real quote from Mark Twain and here it is. "Denial
ain't a river in Egypt. " Well this probably came from one of his books. The the pun here
is denial because the denial sounds like the Nile. That's the famous river that's in Egypt the Nile.
So he's saying denial ain't a river in Egypt. Well obviously he was talking about denial in
the story but anyway this is a pun. This is a little bit like the second one. These
are two different words. They sound similar and that's kind of the play on words there.
Okay. Let's look at the next one. Why didn't the cannibal eat the clown ? He was worried he
tasted funny. Yeah. This sounds like a typical joke that maybe children will tell. You know,
some of these little ... you know, funny ones here. All right. Remember a cannibal. A cannibal
would be a person that eats other people. That's a cannibal and why didn't the cannibal eat the
clown ? He was worried he tasted funny. Here the pun is really funny too. Because
one funny means ha ha. It makes you laugh. You know because of course this is a clown and funny
also has the meaning of like strange or unusual. So he was worried he tasted funny. So that's what
the joke is supposed to be. Whether you think it's a good joke or not it's still a pun and this is
what we mean. So yeah. A lot of these little kids jokes might actually have puns in them.
Okay good. Big butts are PHAT. and fat here stands for pretty hot and tempting. Yeah. This
is one that I actually thought up and wrote for an article I did. Oh I don't know about 15 years ago.
At that time in the States, there was a lot of women they were having plastic surgery to actually
make their butts bigger because you know, both Beyonce and Jennifer Lopez were very famous at
that time and they were considered to have I guess sexy butts. So a lot of them are ... so they were
saying some women were actually having plastic surgery to make their butts bigger and fatter
and rounder. I had to write an article about that. So this was the title of the article. Big
butts are PHAT but here the PHAT of course PHAT , P-H-A-T sounds just like F-A-T fat. But here the
P-H-A-T stands for pretty hot and tempting and fat here can mean attractive, good in quality,
cool etc. So again this is very clearly a pun. This is the other one this it's actually kind of
like the harder one. The one where you have two different words that have a similar meaning and
this kind of has a double meaning at the same time. Okay. Good. All right. Let's continue.
Now if someone says no pun intended. Okay. It is used to indicate, it means to show that what
one just said or is about to say was not purposely meant as a pun. So you could almost say this after
any pun. But what you're doing at this time is maybe as you say it maybe you realize that's a pun
and then maybe maybe you're really honest hey I just made a pun, but I didn't mean to make the
pun. No pun intended or here we have the second part. It could also be used to bring attention to
the pun. Maybe you're saying no pun intended , but remember your real goal is to say ha ha ha I just
made a pun. So it could be both ways. So really almost any pun even the ones that are up here.
Somebody could have said that after you know, it was, it was said, After the pun was actually
said to bring attention to it. Okay and I just gave one example here. You ran out of frog food
two days ago. Yeah maybe somebody has a pet frog. If you don't buy some from the pet shop soon
your frog is going to croak. No pun intended. So of course the pun here is the word croak.
Why ? Because of course that's the sounds that frogs make. They croak but croak could also mean
to die. So so here it's a pun. It's a play on words. Okay. All right. Anyway I hope you got
it. I hope you understand it. I hope it was food for thought. Thank you for your time. Bye-bye.