Not to be confused with 'punishment,' a word which refers to a penalty or retribution given for some type of offense, punishmeant is way of explaining a type of word-play. If you intend a pun, but it's not exactly a proper pun, it is a pun-ish-meant.
Example:
Punster (after a new-age concert, said to another concertgoer): What a mind-banding experience!
Other person (confusedly): uh. Mind-BANDing?...
Punster: sorry, that was not a good pun... but it was a punishmeant!
Other person (shaking head): um, yeah! For sure! (Hurries away, trying to create as much distance between himself and the 'punishmeanter' as possible)
Punster (after a new-age concert, said to another concertgoer): What a mind-banding experience!
Other person (confusedly): uh. Mind-BANDing?...
Punster: sorry, that was not a good pun... but it was a punishmeant!
Other person (shaking head): um, yeah! For sure! (Hurries away, trying to create as much distance between himself and the 'punishmeanter' as possible)
by Belch Queen June 21, 2019