GIGGLE EPIPHANY

Puns were invented by someone who wanted to annoy people with intelligence. Mission accomplished.

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Puns are wordplay that exploits similar sounds or multiple meanings, and they date back to ancient times, including in Shakespeare and in ancient Egyptian and Mesopotamian texts. No single inventor is known.

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