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puntastic en · ADJ

Etymology

From pun + -tastic.

Meanings

  1. (informal, of a pun) Extremely funny.
    • 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? 2010, Jonathan Acuff, Stuff Christians Like, Zondervan, →ISBN, page 122:
    • 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. 2015 7 November, Peter Harness & Steven Moffat, "The Zygon Inversion", episode 9-8 of Doctor Who, 00:13:12–00:13:26
    • 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. 2002, FX: Design, Business and Society, numbers 94-96, page 79:

Forms

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most puntastic Degree=Sup lexicographic
more puntastic Degree=Cmp lexicographic

Synonyms

punny