What does this expression mean? 'Pardon the pan' I'm not sure how to spell it sorry... I heard it on 'Come fly with me' yesterday

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Pardon the PUN.  A pun is a play on words.
A pun is defined by Webster's dictionary as:
    "the humorous use of a word or words, which are formed or sounded alike but have different meanings, in such a way as to play on two or more of the possible applications; a play on words."
      Oboe: An English tramp.
      Pasteurize: Too far to see.
      Propaganda: A gentlemanly goose.
      Toboggan: Why we go to an auction.
      Knock knock.
      "Who's there?"
      "Orange."
      "Orange who?"
      "Orange you going to open the door?"
        Archeologist: A man whose career lies in ruins.
        Diplomat: One who is disarming, even if his country isn't.
        Egotist: One who is me-deep in conversation.
        Hangover: The wrath of grapes.
        Middle Age: When actions creak louder than words.
        Psychologist: A person that pulls habits out of rats.
    • Alarms: What an octopus is.
    • Crick: The sound that a Japanese camera makes.
    • Dockyard: A physician's garden.
    • Incongruous: Where bills are passed.
    • Khakis: What you need to start the car in Boston.
    • Oboe: An English tramp.
    • Pasteurise: Too fast to see.
    • Propaganda: A gentlemanly goose.
    • Toboggan: Why we go to an auction.