Excessive use of puns in the press

[nq:1]I can no longer stand seeing a pun in print. They just use them way too much, especially for titles ... put me off Google News. Google should rename it Google Puns. It's not a news aggregator, it's a puns aggregator.[/nq]
So for you it's a news aggravator, then?
Ah.
Sorry.

Mark Barratt
Budapest
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[nq:1]I can no longer stand seeing a pun in print. They just use them way too much, especially for titles and headlines. It almost seems that in every news organization there must be a professional pun-intender on the payroll.[/nq]
I agree, it's dreadful. Anybody know who started this trend? Was it Vanity Fair under Tina Brown? I'd date it back to the early 80's.

[nq:2]I can no longer stand seeing a pun in print. ... organization there must be a professional pun-intender on the payroll.[/nq]
[nq:1]I agree, it's dreadful. Anybody know who started this trend? Was it Vanity Fair under Tina Brown? I'd date it back to the early 80's.[/nq]
I think it started earlier than that I associate it with feature stories in local newspapers, spreading to sports an

Donna Richoux filted:
[nq:1]It's gotten to the point where if I hear a figure of speech being used for no particular purpose, like "The government is tied up in knots over..." I glance at the screen to find the rope.[/nq]
It's the tautology of the thing that gets to me...what else, pray tell, would a government or anything else be tied up in?...r

[nq:1]Donna Richoux filted:[/nq]
[nq:2]It's gotten to the point where if I hear a ... over..." I glance at the screen to find the rope.[/nq]
[nq:1]It's the tautology of the thing that gets to me...what else, pray tell, would a government or anything else be tied up in?...r[/nq]
Umm, red tape?

dg (domain=ccwebster)

[nq:1]I can no longer stand seeing a pun in print. They just use them way too much, especially for titles ... put me off Google News. Google should rename it Google Puns. It's not a news aggregator, it's a puns aggregator.[/nq]
Didn't Sir Winston himself consider the pun to be the highest form of humo(u)r?

dg (domain=ccwebster)

[nq:2]I agree, it's dreadful. Anybody know who started this trend? Was it Vanity Fair under Tina Brown? I'd date it back to the early 80's.[/nq]
[nq:1]I think it started earlier than that I associate it with feature stories in local newspapers, spreading to sports ... particular purpose, like "The government is tied up in knots over..." I glance at the screen to find the rope.[/nq]
It must

On AOL, a picture of some food on a tray, caption reads, "Tray delicious!".

Disgusting.
Bob G

[nq:2]I can no longer stand seeing a pun in print. ... organization there must be a professional pun-intender on the payroll.[/nq]
[nq:1]I agree, it's dreadful. Anybody know who started this trend? Was it Vanity Fair under Tina Brown? I'd date it back to the early 80's.[/nq]
The British tabloid "The Sun" (born 1964) has been (in)famous for decades for making many of its headlines into puns

[nq:2]I can no longer stand seeing a pun in print. ... organization there must be a professional pun-intender on the payroll.[/nq]
[nq:1]I agree, it's dreadful. Anybody know who started this trend? Was it Vanity Fair under Tina Brown? I'd date it back to the early 80's.[/nq]
When I were a lass and worked in magazine publishing, I often complained to the editors about the over-use of puns.