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<item><title>AI Jargon, Translated: A Plain-English Glossary of 24 Terms</title><link>https://mrpuns.com/tech-ai/ai-glossary/</link><guid>https://mrpuns.com/tech-ai/ai-glossary/</guid><pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>Every field invents words. AI invented a lot of them very quickly and then started using them in meetings. Here's the translation, one or two sentences per term.</description></item>
<item><title>What Is Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG)? A Plain-English Guide</title><link>https://mrpuns.com/tech-ai/what-is-rag/</link><guid>https://mrpuns.com/tech-ai/what-is-rag/</guid><pubDate>Sat, 12 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>Language models answer from memory, and memory is out of date. RAG gives them an open book. Here's how it works, why it helps, and where it still goes wrong.</description></item>
<item><title>Why AI Struggles With Puns (and What That Reveals About How Language Models Work)</title><link>https://mrpuns.com/tech-ai/why-ai-struggles-with-puns/</link><guid>https://mrpuns.com/tech-ai/why-ai-struggles-with-puns/</guid><pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>Ask a chatbot for a pun and you'll get one. Ask for a good, new one and things get interesting. The reason says a lot about how language models actually see text.</description></item>
<item><title>Why Puns Make Us Groan (and Why We Love Them Anyway)</title><link>https://mrpuns.com/blog/why-puns-make-us-groan/</link><guid>https://mrpuns.com/blog/why-puns-make-us-groan/</guid><pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>The groan is not a rejection. It's a very specific kind of applause. Here's what's actually happening in your head when a pun lands.</description></item>
<item><title>How to Check If a Website Is Safe Before You Use It (A Plain-English Guide)</title><link>https://mrpuns.com/tech-ai/check-if-a-website-is-safe/</link><guid>https://mrpuns.com/tech-ai/check-if-a-website-is-safe/</guid><pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>Search results describe the same domain in wildly different ways. Here's a short, repeatable process for working out what a website actually is before you trust it.</description></item>
<item><title>Skeleton Puns: 42 Humerus Lines for Halloween &amp; Biology Class</title><link>https://mrpuns.com/science-puns/skeleton-puns/</link><guid>https://mrpuns.com/science-puns/skeleton-puns/</guid><pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>Humerus, tibia, spine, rib, marrow. The skeleton is the only part of your body that comes with its own jokes.</description></item>
<item><title>42 Stupid Puns So Bad You Might Need to Sit Down</title><link>https://mrpuns.com/entertainment-puns/stupid-puns/</link><guid>https://mrpuns.com/entertainment-puns/stupid-puns/</guid><pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>There is a point where a pun is so bad it loops back around to good. This entire page lives at that point.</description></item>
<item><title>How to Write a Pun: A Five-Step Method That Actually Works</title><link>https://mrpuns.com/blog/how-to-write-a-pun/</link><guid>https://mrpuns.com/blog/how-to-write-a-pun/</guid><pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>Puns feel like they arrive by accident. They don't. Here's the repeatable process behind every collection on this site — from picking a topic to knowing when to stop.</description></item>
<item><title>Horse Puns: 74 Neigh-Sayers, Captions &amp; One-Liners That Actually Gallop</title><link>https://mrpuns.com/animal-puns/horse-puns/</link><guid>https://mrpuns.com/animal-puns/horse-puns/</guid><pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>Neigh, mane, stable, hoof — horses arrive pre-loaded with wordplay. These are the ones worth sending to the friend who owns more riding boots than sense.</description></item>
<item><title>Do AI Detectors Work? What They Can (and Can't) Tell You About Who Wrote Something</title><link>https://mrpuns.com/tech-ai/do-ai-detectors-work/</link><guid>https://mrpuns.com/tech-ai/do-ai-detectors-work/</guid><pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>Every pun on this site promises it was typed by a human. Could software check that claim? Here's what AI detectors really measure — and why a score is not a verdict.</description></item>
<item><title>What a Domain's WHOIS Record Can (and Can't) Tell You</title><link>https://mrpuns.com/tech-ai/reading-a-whois-record/</link><guid>https://mrpuns.com/tech-ai/reading-a-whois-record/</guid><pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>WHOIS is the first tool we reach for when a domain looks unfamiliar. Here's how to read one, and which fields actually matter.</description></item>
<item><title>Bear Puns: 54 Un-bear-ably Cute Lines for Cards, Captions &amp; Cubs</title><link>https://mrpuns.com/animal-puns/bear-puns/</link><guid>https://mrpuns.com/animal-puns/bear-puns/</guid><pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>Bears come pre-loaded with wordplay: bear, bare, beary, paw, honey, grizzly, cub. Here are the ones actually worth sending.</description></item>
<item><title>Pizza Puns: 44 Slices of Cheesy Wordplay for Captions &amp; Chalkboards</title><link>https://mrpuns.com/food-puns/pizza-puns/</link><guid>https://mrpuns.com/food-puns/pizza-puns/</guid><pubDate>Mon, 07 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>Every pizza pun ever made is cheesy, and that is entirely the point. Here are the ones worth putting on a caption, a card, or a chalkboard.</description></item>
<item><title>Say What You Mean: How to Write Better AI Prompts</title><link>https://mrpuns.com/tech-ai/how-to-write-better-ai-prompts/</link><guid>https://mrpuns.com/tech-ai/how-to-write-better-ai-prompts/</guid><pubDate>Sat, 05 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>Prompting isn't a secret code. It's writing — choosing words so the reader gets exactly what you mean. The reader just happens to be a machine.</description></item>
<item><title>Unicorn Puns: 40 Sparkly Lines for Parties, Cards &amp; Captions</title><link>https://mrpuns.com/fantasy-puns/unicorn-puns/</link><guid>https://mrpuns.com/fantasy-puns/unicorn-puns/</guid><pubDate>Sat, 05 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>Horn, rainbow, sparkle, magic, mane. Unicorns are the only mythical creature with a full pun vocabulary and a sticker line.</description></item>
<item><title>How Celebrity Net Worth Numbers Are Actually Made (And Why Most Are Guesses)</title><link>https://mrpuns.com/tech-ai/celebrity-net-worth-explained/</link><guid>https://mrpuns.com/tech-ai/celebrity-net-worth-explained/</guid><pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>Every celebrity profile online has a net worth figure. Almost none of them explain where it came from. Here's how those numbers get built — and how to read them.</description></item>
<item><title>Crypto Puns: 32 Lines to Get You Through the Next Dip</title><link>https://mrpuns.com/technology-puns/crypto-puns/</link><guid>https://mrpuns.com/technology-puns/crypto-puns/</guid><pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>Coin, chain, wallet, mine, block, to the moon. Crypto vocabulary was clearly designed by someone who wanted puns to happen.</description></item>
<item><title>Crab Puns: 40 Snappy Lines for Beach Days &amp; Bad Moods</title><link>https://mrpuns.com/animal-puns/crab-puns/</link><guid>https://mrpuns.com/animal-puns/crab-puns/</guid><pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>Crabby, shellfish, pinch, claw, shore, tide. Crabs are basically a pun starter pack with legs — ten of them.</description></item>
<item><title>Football Puns: 32 Lines for Match Day, Captions &amp; the Group Chat</title><link>https://mrpuns.com/sports-puns/football-puns/</link><guid>https://mrpuns.com/sports-puns/football-puns/</guid><pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>Goal, pitch, kick off, offside, header, tackle. Football gives you 90 minutes of puns plus extra time.</description></item>
<item><title>Donut Puns: 40 Glazed &amp; Confused Lines for Every Occasion</title><link>https://mrpuns.com/food-puns/donut-puns/</link><guid>https://mrpuns.com/food-puns/donut-puns/</guid><pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>Donut, do not. Hole, whole. Glaze, gaze. The donut pun is one of the hardest-working jokes in the food world.</description></item>
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