A situation in which two or more people trade an ever-escalating quantity of puns on a given topic, ending only when all except one have quit due to tiredness/boredom/psychosis/etc.
(Upon seeing that it's snowing outside)
Person A: "Snow it begins!"
Person B: "Snow comment."
Person A: "Why do you have to be snow cynical? If you don't like it, you could at least flake it."
Person B: "Whoa! Don't get flurrious with me just because you can't sleet things from my point of view."
Person A: "I have to admit: I wasn't expecting such a chilly reception. Anyway, you may be a bit of an ice queen right now, but I bet you'll warm up to things eventually."
Person B: "... You win."
Person A: "Ha! In pun-upmanship, there can only be pun!"
Person A: "Snow it begins!"
Person B: "Snow comment."
Person A: "Why do you have to be snow cynical? If you don't like it, you could at least flake it."
Person B: "Whoa! Don't get flurrious with me just because you can't sleet things from my point of view."
Person A: "I have to admit: I wasn't expecting such a chilly reception. Anyway, you may be a bit of an ice queen right now, but I bet you'll warm up to things eventually."
Person B: "... You win."
Person A: "Ha! In pun-upmanship, there can only be pun!"
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More accurately described as a colloquial phrase, it means
"your deserved reward or just due" for an action taken or statement you have made. It always conveys that to be of a negative nature. It should be hyphenated as neither word, of it's own definition, conveys close to the meaning of the combination of the two; therefore the linkage of the hyphen is needed.
"your deserved reward or just due" for an action taken or statement you have made. It always conveys that to be of a negative nature. It should be hyphenated as neither word, of it's own definition, conveys close to the meaning of the combination of the two; therefore the linkage of the hyphen is needed.
"Joe has always bragged that he was the team's best batter, but in the playoff game he went 0 for 4 and humiliated himself."
(Joe; therefore, got his just due or his come-uppance for his continual bragging and then, his abysmal failure.
(Joe; therefore, got his just due or his come-uppance for his continual bragging and then, his abysmal failure.
by Bob 'doctorhugo' Weiss September 6, 2008
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