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The research in support of that suggestion is execrable (pun intended). It's not really a pun. "Execrate" and "excrete" aren't related. (Sorry for the distract

by gruseom 17y ago

The research in support of that suggestion is execrable (pun intended). It's not really a pun. "Execrate" and "excrete" aren't related. (Sorry for the distraction; I find these things interesting.)

_pius 17y ago
It is a homophonic pun. The associated Wikipedia article is pretty fascinating: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pun http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pun
- gruseom 17y ago
  Execrate and excrete are not homophones. But yes, that is a good Wikipedia article.