>The most common being when the main purpose of the wit is not to entertain but to showcase the punner's cleverness. Not to get bogged down by minutiae, but I'

>The most common being when the main purpose of the wit is not to entertain but to showcase the punner's cleverness. Not to get bogged down by minutiae, but I'd argue that wit and ostentation are two separate things, and that it's certainly possible to practice one without the other. But sure, I'll concede that some puns are made pretentiously.