(a soft headcanon for u; i hope you're doing okay!)
minho makes bad puns and smooshes words together solely for the fact it pisses off every glader, but also because chuck thinks it’s the coolest thing and runs around trying to make puns to be like the "cool kid"
WE LOVE BIG BROTHER MINHO HERE!!!
We all know Minho loves pissing other Gladers with his jokes and sarcasm. But doing it because Chuck loves it? Hell yeah. Minho's sad he can't spend more time with the boy, seeing how lonely Chuck seems, so knowing his bad puns makes Chuck happy? Yes, he all for it.
And then Thomas arrives and becomes friends with Chuck, Minho is relieved for the boy. The fact that Thomas also likes Minho's bad puns and sarcams is an added bonus ;)
(thank you for this cute headcanon, it was really the best. and I guess I'm doing okay, I'm just trying to find a good head space at the moment, thanks for asking^^)