Saints sign Josh Ball off practice squad

You haven't underestimated their cultural relevance. (I personally don't even like the band) But those who know the song, such as I assume the poster I quoted does, would get it.

Pun:
a joke exploiting the different possible meanings of a word or the fact that there are words which sound alike but have different meanings.
yeah, but you capitalized it -- you lost the pun claim there. You literally signaled that you were referring to a different meaning. I know the level of discourse on this board trends toward too stupid for folks to get your pun unless you signal it ... but it really isn't a pun if you need to give hints as to the alternative meaning.

English has rules. Capitalized is a proper noun. Not capitalized is clearly a different word. You killed your own pun.
 
Smart teams raid potential on other teams practice squads this time of year.
 
Saints already working on hiring MM by taking players from our roster.
 
yeah, but you capitalized it -- you lost the pun claim there. You literally signaled that you were referring to a different meaning. I know the level of discourse on this board trends toward too stupid for folks to get your pun unless you signal it ... but it really isn't a pun if you need to give hints as to the alternative meaning.

English has rules. Capitalized is a proper noun. Not capitalized is clearly a different word. You killed your own pun.
I don't see any caveat about capitalizing in the definition.

"...or the fact that there are words which sound alike but have different meanings."

Regardless of upper or lower case, they are two words that sound alike, but have different meanings.
 

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