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Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature | | English term or phrase: a pun? | It was to confirm that the newsreader wasn't on drugs that Beema rang an old schoolfriend of hers, whose brother-in-law was the CEO of STD (that he was a noted philanderer made the title hilarious to both Rabia and me).
What's the joke here? Why should the title be hilarious? Is there any word play in this that I am missing?
STD is a television company. There's really nothing more in the text that could account for the "hilariousness" of the title. |
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| | English translation:STD - sexually transmitted disease | Explanation:
So the name of the TV company is STD and her friend's husband is the CEO. It's funny because he is a notorious philanderer and STD means 'Sexually Transmitted Disease', something you might pick up if you sleep with a lot of different people.
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Note added at 6 mins (2011-09-28 22:57:58 GMT)
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By the way, these days I believe it's more correct to say 'STI' - 'sexually transmitted infection'. |
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