Naming Puns and Wordplay

Comments focus on humorous puns, jokes about aptly named products or concepts, references to passphrases like 'correct horse battery staple', and long words like 'floccinaucinihilipilification'. The recurring theme is wordplay highlighting how names reveal or cleverly describe their subjects.

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Sample Comments

Biganon Oct 7, 2021 View on HN

It's literally in the name

jotm May 26, 2022 View on HN

I mean, it's in the name :P

mejutoco Feb 6, 2023 View on HN

One of those words is not like the others...

tomjakubowski May 1, 2014 View on HN

(perhaps? (= it '(a pun)))

bryanrasmussen Jun 1, 2025 View on HN

surely there is no alternative to my lovely correct horse battery staple?!

temp0826 Feb 19, 2025 View on HN

It's a perfectly cromulent word

temp0826 Oct 17, 2023 View on HN

It's a perfectly cromulent word

imglorp Jul 18, 2016 View on HN

Surprised op didn't refer to it by name. We can handle big words.

mrlonglong Dec 4, 2020 View on HN

Crack the little end, you know it makes sense !

bonemachine Nov 22, 2013 View on HN

Gives the expression "Billware" a whole new meaning!