puntastic

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

pun +‎ -tastic

Adjective[edit]

puntastic (comparative more puntastic, superlative most puntastic)

  1. (informal, of a pun) Extremely funny.
    • 2002, FX: Design, Business and Society, numbers 94-96, page 79:
      Thank goodness for the RIBA's exhibition on the subject which, if you can ignore the trite and puntastic title, looks set to put this most versatile material into its historical context while also providing practical information on new technological developments.
    • 2010, Jonathan Acuff, Stuff Christians Like, Zondervan, →ISBN, page 122:
      Is it wrong to arrange destination baptisms in the same way people get married in tropical resorts just so I can make horribly puntastic T-shirts?
    • 2015 7 November, Peter Harness & Steven Moffat, "The Zygon Inversion", episode 9-8 of Doctor Who, 00:13:12–00:13:26:
      The Doctor: [] What's your plan, Zygella?
      "Bonnie" (Zygon which has taken the form of Clara Oswald): I don't have a plan.
      The Doctor: Come on, you don't invade planets without having a plan. That's why they're called planets – to remind you to plan it. Hey, that's good! Puntastic. Dr. Puntastic. Oh, come on, that was a good one, Zygella.

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