55 Slug Puns to Make You Squirm with Delight

Slug puns playfully use the slug’s slimy, slow-crawling nature to make humorous connections between slugs and other topics.

They take advantage of the slug’s associations with slime, slowness, gardens, and trails to craft puns around slug-related concepts like “sluggish,” “sliming,” “slimy,” and more. The puns link slugs to other areas like music, art, literature, relationships, philosophy, and everyday experiences.

The puns put slugs into wildly incongruous situations to highlight their quintessential sluggish qualities for comedic effect.

55 Best Slug Puns

what do two snails do when they hate each other? they slug it out.
if shotgun slugs are inside shotgun shells… does that make them shotgun snails?
slugs love a good party, but they always bring their own “shell-phones” for the dance floor!
why did the slug start a gardening blog? it wanted to share its expertise on “slime-horticulture”!
are you a slug? because my heart races every time i see you gliding by.
what’s a slug’s favorite board game? “snail and ladders”— a classic game of slimy strategy!
what’s a slug’s favorite bedtime story? “slime white and the seven gastropods”!
are you a slug? because you’ve left a trail on my heart.
what do you get if you crossbreed a banana slug with a sloth? a nobel prize in medicine- dad
why did the slug invite a snail to its party? because it wanted a slow dance partner!
i took the shell off my racing snail, thinking it would make him faster. unfortunately, it just seems to have made him sluggish.
slugs are experts in time management— they know that “slime-wasting” is never an option!
a french man is carrying snails across a border to trade. a foreign native did not understand what he was buying and asked: “are these pet slugs?””no. escargo.”
what do you call a snail that cut its own hair? a slug!
slug-terribly funny spoonerisms that will have you sliding with laughter
slugs are the philosophers of patience— they understand the art of “slime-waiting” for the right moment!
why did the slug start a comedy podcast? it had a knack for “slime-ting” the funny bone!
what do you call an image of a slug who committed a crime? a slugshot.
slugs have a green thumb— they’re skilled at growing “slime-plants” in their gardens!
what do you do when you see two snails boxing? nothing, you gotta let ‘em slug it out.
how much wood, could a wood slug glug, if a wood slug could glug wood? just ask your mother
i must be a garden because you make my heart race like a slug on lettuce.
what do two snails do when they hate each other? they slug it out.
(me reading to my five-year-old) the leopard slug eats dead plants and fungi, but also hunts other slugs. (five-year-old) i’m a fun guy, so they would eat me.
slugs are experts in time dilation— they can make a minute feel like a “slime-eternity”!
humans are like slugs they probably serve some purpose but you don’t exactly know what.
(me reading to my five-year-old) the leopard slug eats dead plants and fungi, but also hunts other slugs. (five-year-old) i’m a fun guy, so they would eat me.
how do snails fight? they slug it out.
don’t hurt a slug or they can charge you with a salt.
why did the slug become a motivational speaker? it knew how to inspire others with its “slime-pressive” words!
two snails are on the beach. when they encounter a slug. “quick! turn around! we’re on a nudist beach!” says one snail to the other
what do you call an evicted snail? a slug.
are you a slug? because you’ve slimed your way into my thoughts.
you must be a slug, because you’re moving at a snail’s pace straight into my heart.
imagine you’re a slug of metal rolling down a conveyor belt. a massive die drops on you and you’re stamped into a shiny, perfect coin… are you moved and impressed?
i entered a my pet snail into a race and removed its shell thinking it would make it faster… unfortunately, it only made it more sluggish.
why did the slug become a poet? it had a way with “slime-terary” expressions!
when i was on naked and afraid, i went out gathering food. i was able to find 2 small slugs to bring back to camp… it was slimy pickings for dinner that evening.
slug that is a way to go.
a snail saw a slug looking sad whilst watching a couple of beetles scurrying about having fun. “what’s up mate, life in the slow lane getting you down?”, asked the snail.the slug just looked at him and replied, “no. surely it’s obvious why i’m so down? i’ve had my home repossessed!”
what’s the difference between a snail’s eye and a slug’s eye? nothing… they’re eye-tentacle.
what is the best weapon against a hoard of giant zombie slugs and snails?
slugs are avid readers— they devour books at a “slime-ting” pace!
what do you do when you see two snails fighting nothing, just let them slug it out
how do you get a snail out of its shell? you slug it!!
what did the slug say to its friend? “lettuce enjoy our slow-paced adventures together!”
if you were a slug, you’d be the most beautiful one in the garden.
hear about the mollusc farmers getting into a fight? they got in a heated argument and then decided to slug it out. even though they did so at a snail’s pace.
is your name gastropoda? because you’re the classiest slug i’ve ever seen.
i went into paris to eat some snails… and ended up with a belly full of slugs
what did the slug say to the other slug when he saw the snail? shit, he’s wearing a backpack. get off the train!”
what’s a slug’s favorite type of music? slow jams, of course!
why did the slug become a banker? it knew how to handle “slime-interest”!
hear about the mollusc farmers getting into a fight? they got in a heated argument and then decided to slug it out. even though they did so at a snail’s pace.
what’s a slug’s favorite movie genre? “slow-fi” films that keep them on the edge of their slime!