40 Dumb Wordplay Jokes That Will Crack You Up
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Wordplay jokes are often derided as “lowest form of wit.” But they’re also the favorite form of humor for luminaries like Dorothy Parker, Mark Twain, Benjamin Franklin, Oscar Wilde, and even Shakespeare. How can an “art” form so groan-worthy be beloved by some many great brains? According to a 2016 study by University of Windsor psychologists, understanding and appreciating a punny wordplay joke requires both hemispheres of your brain, the left and right sides, to work together to decipher a joke’s meaning. Reading a wordplay joke — even a really, really dumb one — is like exercise for your brain.
Here are 40 of our favorite wordplay jokes that are maybe a little silly and stupid, but it’ll take your entire brain to make sense of them, so maybe show these jokes a little respect. For more bad jokes (that are actually really great), check out these 40 Corny Jokes You Can’t Help But Laugh At .
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He’d herd it through the grapevine!
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I got 48,500 matches!
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A cat has claws at the end of its paws. A complex sentence has a pause at the end of its clause!
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Because he was outstanding in his field!
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Everything’s fine. He woke up. But, according to your kid, they pay attention in school!
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Buy a deck of cards!
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But my plans were foiled!
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They’re just not working!
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A waist of time!
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So I can tell people, “I visit the Jim several times a day!”
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One says, “Spit out your gum,” and the other says, “Choo choo choo!”
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So why does every bank have so many branches?
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But her aim is steadily improving!
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But those who sell you fruits and vegetables are grocer!
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Nothing. It just lets out a little wine!
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The poem may not be beautiful, but it’s certainly very deep!
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The bartender says, “Why the long face?”
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You’ll see a butterfly!
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Microchips!
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I couldn’t be more delighted!
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He’s all right now!
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It came out of the green!
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Because everyone thought he was a boar!
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They all said, ouch!
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Now I sleep like a log!
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You’re under a vest!
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But then I lost interest!
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He’s keeping his eye on it, but says there’s no change yet!
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So I’m now selling it on, as a clawed Monet!
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I think that’s a big missed steak!
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Because they’re always stuffed!
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“You can stay. Just don’t try to start anything!”
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It would totally make my day!
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Ruff!
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They will be sentenced next Friday!
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But when I got home, all the signs were there!
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An envelope!
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The student answered, “Who, me?”
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Just to shoot the Bries!
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It was Abridged Too Far !
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