Entertainment puns

I have two favorite titles that are extremely clever puns.

β€œShawn the Sheep” β€œDexter”

β€œShawn the Sheep” is a sly play on the dialect of the characters in the animation. β€œShawn” and β€œshorn” have the same pronunciation in the dialect of the outskirts of Bristol, UK.

β€œDexter” is a wonderful Latin pun. β€œDexter” is the word for β€œright” and β€œSinister” is the implied compliment, the word for β€œleft” in Latin. Dexter is a series about a serial killer who only murders those guilty of crimes. His name in Latin implies he is the opposite of sinister, right or just.

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πŸ‘€︎ u/serendipindy
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Latin isn’t a dead language

It’s just Roman around

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πŸ‘€︎ u/treatyofparis1
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Found my roommate chanting in Latin to his breakfast

He said he was peforming an eggcorism

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πŸ‘€︎ u/Ashnakag3019
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TIL Older forms of English kept Latin’s gender-specific suffixes -tor and -trix; tor is for men and trix is for women. So a male pilot is an aviator, a female pilot is an aviatrix. A male fighter is a gladiator, a female fighter is a gladiatrix.

This contrasts with the modern system, where tor is for both men and women, and trix are for kids.

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πŸ‘€︎ u/neffability
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What do you call a hoard of a million Latin-speaking gigantic sharks?

MegaLodon.

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πŸ‘€︎ u/vs424reddit
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I was going to make a joke about Latin nouns

But then declined.

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πŸ‘€︎ u/EkskiuTwentyTwo
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What do you say about two person speaking Latin?

They have a Latin common.

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πŸ‘€︎ u/poedan
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Latin Reddit? Toti Emem Esto...
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πŸ‘€︎ u/jjoojjoojj
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Why did the blood sucking insect learn Latin?

It wanted to be a Roman-tic

ETA: a

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πŸ‘€︎ u/LurkyTheHatMan
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Why can't you choose Latin as your default cell phone language?

Because the Roman charges are too much!

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My Latin wife dances a lot as she keeps the floors clean...

She likes to rumba...

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πŸ‘€︎ u/thomasbrakeline
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Ah I C what you did there
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πŸ‘€︎ u/xxDr-Beckyxx
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Make an entire Q of these.
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πŸ‘€︎ u/BlackBleedingGray
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What do you call a guy doing ominous Latin chanting?

Greg or Ian

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πŸ‘€︎ u/Wigglesface
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The word Gnome is a corruption of the Latin word Genomus, or earth dweller.

In other words, it's a misgnomer.

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πŸ‘€︎ u/Bigfoothobbit
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When your latin teacher is optimistic
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πŸ‘€︎ u/589ca35e1590b
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Today I met Tila Tequila’s latin cousin

Tela Novela

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πŸ‘€︎ u/robbiewesters
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What is a cat's favorite Roman preposition?

Per

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πŸ‘€︎ u/inquaexquo
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If I have to explain the Latin term "ad nauseum" one more time

I'm going to be sick.

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πŸ‘€︎ u/janus10
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What’s the Latin name for a Japanese carp split in half?

Koitus interruptus.

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πŸ‘€︎ u/deceze
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Well, you can't end a sentence with a proposition.
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πŸ‘€︎ u/naumanafsar
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Latin verbs are understandably pessimistic, because they are always being declined.
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πŸ‘€︎ u/shagminer
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A Roman walks into a bar and says β€œI’ll have a martinus.”

The bartender asks β€œDon’t you mean a martini?”

In response the Roman says β€œIf I wanted a double I’d have asked for it!”

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πŸ‘€︎ u/James-Kinley
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What do you call a nautically themed latin pop singer?

Sharkira

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2 is a very unique number

It became prime against all odds.

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πŸ‘€︎ u/BitchyPolice
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What do the Romans use to cut their pizza?

lil Ceasers

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πŸ‘€︎ u/-random-
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What is the least spoken language in the world?

Sign language

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πŸ‘€︎ u/A_Sea_Cucumber
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My son identifies as a crescent moon. I’m worried, but my wife says it’s just a phase.
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πŸ‘€︎ u/olafminesaw
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Straight from my latin teacher.

She was wearing antlers for 'Saturnalia', and upon receiving a compliment for it, she said, "Thank you, I'm trying to branch out."

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What do you call it when a chameleon can't change colors anymore?

A reptile dysfunction

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πŸ‘€︎ u/nick-lachey-lol
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I went into a Roman bar and asked for a Martinus.

The bartender said, β€œdon’t you mean a Martini?” I glared at him and said, β€œI only want one!”

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πŸ‘€︎ u/ZonieDrew
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Smart Cactus
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πŸ‘€︎ u/sabrinalynn1983
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Latin class

Teacher: Who was married to Julia, Julius Caesar's daughter? Class: Pompey Teacher: Yes and after his daughter died in childbirth, there was no family tie between Julius Caesar and Pompey and so became his enemy. Me: When she died in childbirth, did Julia have a Caesarean section? Teacher: lowers head and bangs on desk Why are you in my class?

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From a Latin FAQ (x/post from r/jokes)

Q: In latin, when pairing foods with the verb edo ("I eat"), what case should you use? A: The om-nom-nominative.

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πŸ‘€︎ u/DintyMooresLaw
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My wife keeps telling me writing my V's as B's makes me Russian. Well, if that's the case..

.. then Soviet!

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Don't you light things for me like that.
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πŸ‘€︎ u/Dankmonseiur69
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Latin America

My dad called me to ask what classes I had signed up for. When I got to the Latin class I signed up for, he said, "Is that so you can talk to the girls in Latin America?" I hung up then and there.

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πŸ‘€︎ u/xHughziii
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A struggling young news reporter was having trouble getting good sound bites from the politicians she was sent out to interview, so she invited an experienced colleague out to dinner to ask for advice.

The would-be mentor insisted on going to a seafood restaurant and then he ordered his favorite meal for the both of them. When the hard working, fresh-out-of-journalism-school grad asked the veteran newshound how he always managed to get witty phrases from the Prime Ministers and Presidents he interviewed, a sly smile swam across his face.

Intrigued, she watched intently while he reached for his wallet then removed a €5 note. Holding it toward her face over the table, she was surprised when the greying beat writer dropped the money directly on her uneaten dinner and held an index finger to his closed lips.

As they both looked down at the seafood platter, his paper Euro was suddenly sucked under the rings of fried calamari until it disappeared from sight. After what sounded like a stand-up comedian clearing his throat, a male voice with an Eastern European accent clearly rose out of her food. It said, "Trump asked for dirt on Biden so I sent him some good Ukrainian topsoil."

As the gobsmacked gal with mouth agape slowly raised her eyes to her grinning dinner guest's face, he shrugged his shoulders and said, "squid pro quote".

Required Explanation: "squid pro quote" is a play on words for the saying "quid pro quo", a Latin phrase meaning "something for something". In the news at the time of this posting a tremendous amount of discussion is being circulated about whether or not US president Trump dangled a quid pro quo offer in front of Ukraine's newly elected president, Volodymyr Zelensky. The deal had nothing to do with seafood however, so that was just a red herring. It should also be noted that Mr. Zelensky, before diving into politics, was a stand-up comedian.

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πŸ‘€︎ u/podgress
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What did Julius Caesar say after he conquered a brothel?

Vici, vidi, veni

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πŸ‘€︎ u/theEluminator
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My wife pointed to a flowering shrub and said "hibiscus"...

I waved at it as I walked by and replied "Bye-Biscus"

If her audible groan was not satisfaction enough, the amused chuckle of the older gentleman walking in the other direction certainly was.

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πŸ‘€︎ u/somethingknotty
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Are you single?
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πŸ‘€︎ u/mr-gem-524
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My favorite dad joke

[scene: me coming in the door]

My kids: "Dad, you're back!"

Me: "Yeah! And hey look... my front, too!"

Ah man... kills me every time. :-D

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πŸ‘€︎ u/fieryseraph
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What's the scariest language?

Latin, it's dead!

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