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Re:Every possible pun of the form ‘You put the X in Y’ by mabbo on Friday November 06, 2020 @04:20PM (#25011293)
I feel that to really make this work you would need to filter words with common origins. Like, if one word appears in the dictionary definition of the other word, they likely aren't going to be funny.

Examples:

YOU PUT THE REFINE IN REFINERY.

YOU PUT THE DETECT IN DETECTS.

YOU PUT THE POLYTECHNOLOGY IN POLYTECHNOLOGIES.

But words with no commonality at all and a good rhyme are brilliant.

YOU PUT THE RUDENESS IN SHREWDNESS.

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Re:Every possible pun of the form ‘You put the X in Y’ by default-kramer on Friday November 06, 2020 @04:58PM (#25011572)
Hmm, rhymes don't really do it for me. I might even filter out rhymes if I built this. I've heard humans use this format often enough, and I don't think I've ever heard someone use a rhyme. It's just too easy. Putting "the cologne in colonialism" is significantly better.
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Re:Every possible pun of the form ‘You put the X in Y’ by cwkoss on Friday November 06, 2020 @05:57PM (#25011933)
Yeah, I think the currently allows 1-phoneme differences. I think it would be better if it only allowed 2-3+ phoneme differences when at the end of the word. -s -ies -y arent interesting suffixes.
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Re:Every possible pun of the form ‘You put the X in Y’ by tyingq on Friday November 06, 2020 @05:53PM (#25011902)
I'd have missed "YOU PUT THE ARRAY IN ARRAYS", which felt apt.
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Re:Every possible pun of the form ‘You put the X in Y’ by WilTimSon on Friday November 06, 2020 @05:34PM (#25011791)
There are also some that are just nonsensical but when you read a dozen of these in a row, they feel actually kind of funny. Just tunes your brain to a different wavelength.
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Re:Every possible pun of the form ‘You put the X in Y’ by harimau777 on Friday November 06, 2020 @08:42PM (#25012669)
Removing perfect nouns for the "in Y" part might also help.
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