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punster

punster

1 8.0
A person who often makes jokes by using the double meanings of words
  • noun
  • /ˈpʌnstər/
translation icon : jugador de palabras
  • 'If I were a postmodernist punster,' said Gillian, 'I would make something of Hagia Sophia.

Examples

  • Not only was she an incorrigible punster, there was a level of verbal vandalism she just couldn't resist.

    Fiction book (2001)
  • Oh, a punster, eh?

  • The punster should be punished.

  • Well, I can see you've all learned rule number six: Never speak well of another punster and never laugh at his puns.

  • I'm quite a punster.

  • Xopher, #34: TOOLONG (throwing a handful of peanuts at the punster)

    Blog text (11)
  • At the party, everyone laughed at the clever jokes of the punster.

  • As a dedicated punster, she always found a way to make her friends laugh with wordplay.

  • The punster entertained the crowd with a series of witty puns throughout the evening.

Synonyms

jokester
vspunster
7 4.4

A person who often makes other people laugh

specializes in repeated punning rather than broad joke telling
wisecracker
vspunster
  • Informal
1 7.1

A person who often makes short funny or sarcastic remarks

leans toward playful punning rather than sarcastic mocking
japer
vspunster
  • Archaic
1 8.8

A person who makes jokes to make others laugh

aims for playful wordplay repeatedly instead of general teasing
quipster
vspunster
7.9

A person who often makes short clever remarks

habitually makes puns in a playful or excessive way
quipper
vspunster
7.9

A person who often says short clever comments to make people laugh

focuses on repeated punning rather than general witty comments

How Punny

groaner
1 7.2
punster
1 8.0
joker
35 2.4

Surface Forms

punster singular
punsters plural

Morphology

punster = pun (transparent) = pun + ster

The agentive suffix '-ster' added to the known noun 'pun' yields a person who makes puns; the relation is directly inferable.

Etymology

The word punster comes from pun ('a joke using words') and the ending -ster ('a person who does something'), like in youngster or songster. So a punster is simply someone who often makes puns, usually in a playful or excessive way.