Awful English Puns that will Make You Laugh

No hay mejor forma de aprender homófonos que los juegos de palabras en inglés. Lee 16 juegos de palabras y ríete un poquito de lo malos que son.

English, as we have seen in several other posts, is a fantastic language for puns. This is because many words and expressions are pronounced the same or very similarly despite being spelt differently. For this reason, English puns are fantastic for learning new expressions and for getting to know the pronunciation of homophones (words that are pronounced the same). Therefore, in this post, I am bringing you 16 English puns that are so bad they will make you laugh. Also, even if it spoils the joke a little, I am going to give you an explanation of each pun, just in case there are any you don’t understand. Here we go! 😎

16 English puns

1. A very emotional wedding

Pun: The word «tiers» refers to «layers» or «levels», but it is pronounced like «tears», as in the salty drops from your eyes. The expression «to be in tears» means «to be crying».

2. Ninja footwear

Pun: The word «sneakers» means «trainers» (in American English). But the verb «to sneak» means «to walk or enter somewhere without making a sound», just like a ninja would.

3. Fish go to war

Pun: The word «tank» can mean a military «tank» or a «fish tank». That is why one of them asks, «How do you drive this thing?».

4. The pampered cow

Pun: «Pampered» means «spoilt», while «spoilt» can mean both «pampered» or «gone off» (like rotten food). The joke plays on the double meaning of «spoilt».

5. The cheesy pizza

Pun: The word «cheesy» can mean «containing cheese» or «corny/tacky», referring to the fact that the joke itself is «cheesy».

6. A hipster ahead of his time, like all of them

Pun: This plays on the double meaning of the word «cool», meaning both «fashionable» and «cold».

7. Switzerland is great

Pun: The word «plus» refers to the «+» sign, but also to an «advantage» or «benefit». Hence, «a big plus» refers both to the symbol on the flag and the fact that the country has great benefits.

8. Non-prophet organisations

Pun: The word «prophet» means a religious seer, but it sounds exactly like «profit», which means «financial gain». Therefore, «non-prophet» (without a prophet) sounds like «non-profit», which refers to a charity or organisation that doesn’t work for money.

9. Tortilla rap

Pun: The word «wrap» sounds exactly like «rap», but it refers to a type of rolled sandwich. By saying «it’s more of a wrap», we don’t know if he means it’s a wrap (food) rather than a tortilla, or a rap (music) rather than a regular song.

10. A party at NASA

Pun: The word «planet» sounds almost identical to the expression «plan it», which means «to organise it».

11. Watch out for the baseball

Pun: The expression «it hit me» can mean «it struck me physically» or «the answer suddenly came to me». So when he says «Then it hit me», it could mean he found the answer to the question, or that the ball (which was getting bigger as it got closer) actually hit him.

12. The tired bicycle

Pun: The expression «two-tired» means «having two wheels/tyres», but it sounds exactly like «too tired» (extremely exhausted).

13. Practical sign language

Pun: The word «handy» comes from «hand», but it actually means «useful». Since sign language uses hands, the pun is quite clever.

14. Jay-Z’s fiancée

Pun: The word «fiancée» means «engaged woman», and Jay-Z’s partner is Beyoncé, which sounds just like «fiancée» if it started with an «f».

15. Holy water

Pun: The expression «… the hell out of something» is used frequently in informal English to add emphasis to a verb. In this case, the pun is that we «boil the hell out of the water» to make it «holy» (removing the hell from it).

16. The sophisticated dinosaur (My favourite! 😍)

Pun: A «thesaurus» sounds like a typical dinosaur name (ending in -saurus), but it is actually a «dictionary of synonyms».

Did you know any of these English puns? Do you know any others? Tell me in the comments.

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