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no pun intended

I've read every definition here and they all get this terms' meaning slightly wrong. Firstly a pun is a play on words, intended to be semi-absurd and comical by describing a thing or situation using words that could also describe the situation with another meaning. For instance suppose there was a skinny farmer picking berries, but he doesn't find that many, another person might observe "looks like slim pickins".

Puns often are the worst kind of joke because they do not require much cleverness.

When someone says no pun intended, however, it is when they say something that could be taken to have two meanings; an obvious one, and a slightly "off" interpretation; and they want you to know they are not making an intentional play on words and want you to take what they said to be the obvious meaning:
Example: a man dares his friend to kiss a rather large woman, to which his friend replies "Fat chance! No pun intended."
by Jtheteach October 9, 2016
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No Phun Intended

No Phun Intended (pronounced: no fun intended) is a solo album made by Tyler Robert Joseph, the lead singer in Twenty One Pilots. He wrote it when he was 16-17 years old and that's the earliest resemblance of blurryface that fans of twenty one pilots recall.

The album has songs of Tyler singing about his struggles with his mental health, and his faith. It is only available on Youtube
person one: "hey, have you heard No Phun Intended yet"

person two: "yess! it hurts me so much to know that Tyler ever thought those things"
by lofijwd February 12, 2019
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Intendo

What your parents used to call any videogame system when they didn't want their friends to know that they know what it is called.
Mother- John, quit playing that "Intendo" and come meet your great aunt!
John- Mom quit calling my PS3 an "Intendo" because you know what it's called!
Mother- Oh I've no idea what a PSsomething is... John doesn't know what he's saying...heh heh.
Aunt- Well, then you really are a prisoner in your home because even I know what a PS3 is and I'm 87 years old honey.
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Interdasting

A variant of the English word "Interesting" used to convey that, along with interest, there is a degree of curiosity associated with the statement as well.
Person 1: "Wow, did you know that cat urine glows under ultraviolet light"
Person 2: "Interdasting . . . I'll go get the cat"
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Working as Intended

The three most unholy words ever spoken by MMO gamemasters.
QQing WoW Player: Divine Shield is overpowered!
Blizzard Employee: Working as intended.
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