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Humour
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The list Humour includes
Dark Comedy, Burlesque, Stand-up comedy, Toilet humour and Victorian burlesque.
The list consists of 40 members
and 29 sublists.
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Black comedy
Comedic work based on taboo subject matter
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Burlesque
Literary, dramatic or musical work or genre
Overview: A burlesque is a literary, dramatic or musical work intended to cause laughter by caricaturing the manner or spirit of serious works, or by ludicrous treatment of their subjects. The word derives from ... 0
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Stand-up comedy
Comedy style where the performer addresses the audience directly
Overview: Stand-up comedy is a comic style in which a comedian performs in front of a live audience, usually speaking directly to them. The performer is commonly known as a comic, stand-up comic, comedian, come ... 0
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Wit
Form of humour
Overview: Wit is a form of intelligent humour, the ability to say or write things that are clever and usually funny. Witty means a person who is skilled at making clever and funny remarks. Forms of wit include the ... 0
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Joke
Display of humor using words
Overview: A joke is a display of humour in which words are used within a specific and well-defined narrative structure to make people laugh and is not meant to be taken seriously. It takes the form of a story, ... 0
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Satire
Genre of arts and literature in the form of humor or ridicule
Overview: In fiction and less frequently in non-fiction, satire is a genre of literature and performing arts, in which vices, follies, abuses and shortcomings are held up to ridicule, ideally with the intent of ... 0
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Oxymoron
rhetorical device that uses an ostensible self-contradiction to illustrate a rhetorical point or to reveal a paradoxOverview: An oxymoron (usual plural oxymorons, more rarely oxymora) is a rhetorical device that uses an ostensible self-contradiction to illustrate a rhetorical point or to reveal a paradox. A more general meaning ... 0
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Mondegreen
Misinterpretation of a spoken phraseOverview: A mondegreen is a mishearing or misinterpretation of a phrase in a way that gives it a new meaning. Mondegreens are most often created by a person listening to a poem or a song; the listener, being unable ... 0
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Toilet humour
Type of off-colour humour dealing with defecation, urination and flatulence
Overview: Toilet humour or scatological humour (compare scatology) is a type of off-colour humour dealing with defecation, urination and flatulence, and to a lesser extent vomiting and other body functions. It sees ... 0
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Ribaldry
Off-color humorOverview: Ribaldry, or blue comedy, is humorous entertainment that ranges from bordering on indelicacy to gross morality/indecency. It is also referred to as "bawdiness" or "bawdy". 0
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Sarcasm
Sharp, bitter, or cutting expression or remark; a bitter gibe or tauntOverview: Sarcasm is "a sharp, bitter, or cutting expression or remark; a bitter gibe or taunt". Sarcasm may employ ambivalence, although sarcasm is not necessarily ironic. Most noticeable in spoken word, sarcasm ... 0
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Non sequitur (literary device)
Conversational literary device
Overview: A non sequitur ( non SEK-wit-ər, "it does not follow") is a conversational literary device, often used for comedic purposes. It is something said that, because of its apparent lack of meaning relative ... 0
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Spoonerism
Humorous muddled wordsOverview: A spoonerism is an error in speech in which corresponding consonants, vowels, or morphemes are switched (see Metathesis) between two words in a phrase. These are named after the Oxford don and ordained ... 0
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Humorist
Intellectual who uses humor in writing or public speaking
Overview: A humorist (American and British English) or humourist (alternative British spelling) is an intellectual who uses humor in writing or public speaking. Humorists are distinct from comedians, who are show ... 0
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Victorian burlesque
Theatrical genre
Overview: Victorian burlesque, sometimes known as travesty or extravaganza, is a genre of theatrical entertainment that was popular in Victorian England and in the New York theatre of the mid 19th century. It is ... 0
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Humour
Tendency of experiences to provoke laughter and provide amusement
Overview: Humour (British English), also spelt as humor (American English; see spelling differences), is the tendency of experiences to provoke laughter and provide amusement. The term derives from the humoral ... 0
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Irony
Rhetorical device, literary technique, or situation in which there is an incongruity between the literal and the implied meaning
Overview: Irony (from Ancient Greek εἰρωνεία eirōneía, meaning 'dissimulation, feigned ignorance'), in its broadest sense, is a rhetorical device, literary technique, or event in which what appears, on the surface ... 0
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Surreal humour
Form of humour predicated on deliberate violations of causal reasoningOverview: Surreal humour (also known as absurdist humour or surreal comedy) is a form of humour predicated on deliberate violations of causal reasoning, producing events and behaviours that are obviously illogical ... 0
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Deadpan
The deliberate display of emotional neutrality as a form of comedic delivery to contrast with the subject matter.Overview: Deadpan, dry humour or dry wit is the deliberate display of a lack of or no emotion, commonly as a form of comedic delivery to contrast with the ridiculousness of the subject matter. The delivery is meant ... 0
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Comedy 47T
