Nobody talks about hippos enough.
Looks slow and sleepy but is actually far more dangerous than people expect. That part always surprises people. Spends most of the day in water just existing, which is honestly a mood. Big, unbothered, doing exactly what it wants. People find hippos deeply funny and most of them could not explain why, which is part of what makes these puns work.
These eighty-three puns are for that feeling.
When to Use These
Got a friend who is obsessed with hippos and their birthday is coming up? A good pun in the card goes further than anything else you could write. Posting a zoo photo from your last trip and need something better than just a location tag? Find one here. Want to send something random to a friend on a slow Tuesday that will make them actually laugh out loud? This is the list. Read through and you will know immediately which one is for which person.
Hippo Puns
1. I’m totally hippo-notized by you.
2. Just go with the hippo-flow.
3. It’s a hippo thing, you wouldn’t understand.
4. Just hippo-hovering around.
5. Can’t stand the hippo-cracy.
6. I’m not lion, I’m more of a hippo.
7. That was a hippo of a different color.
8. Feeling the hippo-heat.
9. Watch out, I’m on a hippo-roll!
10. Keep it hippo-chill.
11. Hippo-say, hippo-do.
12. Caught in a hippo-critical storm.
13. Welcome to the hippodrome.
14. Let’s take things at a hippo’s pace.
15. Dance like a hippo’s watching.
16. Be the hippo you wish to see in the world.
17. I’m not fat, I’m just hippo-sized.
18. Let’s hippo-thize for a moment.
19. Let’s make this party hippo-n-hop.
20. That’s a load of hippo!
21. Take a wild hippo-guess.
22. I’m in my hippo-zone.
23. Stuck in a hippo-critical situation.
24. The best is yet to hippo-come.
25. Let’s put the hippo in hippo-chic.
26. Let’s address the hippo in the room.
27. I’m hippo to your jive.
28. Wading into hippo waters.
29. Hippo-birthday to you!
30. Hip-hippo-ray for today!
31. Hippo birdie to you!
32. Hippo-hug to you.
33. Every day I’m hippling.
34. Each day is a gift—that’s why it’s called the hippo-present.
35. This room has hippo-tential.
36. A sprinkle of hippo-dust.
37. Hippo-lighting our day.
38. That’s quite hippo-thetical.
39. It’s a hippo kind of day.
40. It’s hippo-critical to assume.
41. Hippo-naut exploring the wild.
42. Don’t hippo-size me up too soon!
43. Make it a hippo-happy day.
44. Nothing can trample our friendship.
45. You’re a real hippo-crite.
46. Let’s get this hippo on the road!
47. Always the hippopotamus, never the hippopota-less.
48. Having a hippo-luxe day!
49. Just a young hippo-hopper.
50. Hippo-tastic performance!
51. Let’s not tip-toe, let’s hippo-toe!
52. Living large and in charge like a hippo.
53. A hippo in sheep’s clothing.
54. Let’s hippo-thetically speak.
55. You’re hippo-litefully cute.
56. Wishing you a hippo-filled day.
57. A hippo’s work is never done.
58. You’re hippo-tizing me!
59. Always time for a hippo-snack.
60. Feeling hippo-static!
61. Hippo camp is in session!
62. You’re the hip-est of them all.
63. You are hippo-tastic!
64. Nothing but blue skies and hippos.
65. Let’s give them something to hippo-talk about.
66. Let’s have a hippo-hooray moment.
67. Join the hippo-camp.
68. Time to hippo-tize the crowd.
69. Keep things hippo-lite and breezy.
70. Hippo-lly ever after.
71. Feeling like a happy hippo.
72. In a bit of a hippo-jam.
73. You make my heart do hippo-flips.
74. Hippo-mazing!
75. Love you a hippo-ton.
76. Totally hippo-stentatious.
77. What a hippo-critical statement!
78. Nothing here but us hippos.
79. Having a hippo-rrific day!
80. Hippo-thetically speaking, of course.
81. This place is a hippo-haven.
82. Hippo to be square.
83. Keep your friends close and your hippos closer.
Wrapping Up
Save the ones that made you laugh the most. A good hippo pun is rarer than people think and you will want one ready when the moment shows up.