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Humour (Commonwealth English) or
humor (American English) is the
tendency of
experiences to
provoke laughter and
provide amu****t. The term
derives from...
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Toilet humour,
potty humour or
scatological humour (compare scatology), is a type of off-colour
humour dealing with
defecation (including
diarrhea and...
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Surreal humour (also
called surreal comedy,
absurdist humour, or
absurdist comedy) is a form of
humour predicated on
deliberate violations of
causal reasoning...
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humours is a
genre of
dramatic comedy that
focuses on a
character or
range of characters, each of whom
exhibits overriding traits or '
humours' that...
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Rupert Thomson's 2005
novel Divided Kingdom.
classical element Comedy of
humours Three Doshas of
Ayurveda Five
temperaments Mitama Wu Xing (Five Principles...
- Wine
humour is
humour ****ociated with wine. As well as
ordinary anecdotes,
cartoons and jokes, the
whimsical labels and
names given to wine are a particular...
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Computer humour, also
known as
hacker humour, is
humour on the
subject of
computers or
their users.
Examples of
computer humour include: "Any key", taken...
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Black humour can
occasionally be
related to the
grotesque genre.
Literary critics have ****ociated
black comedy and
black humour with
authors as...
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Shock humour is a
style of
comedy intended to
shock the audience. This can be
achieved through excessively foul
toilet humour,
overt ****ual themes, mocking...
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British humour carries a
strong element of
satire aimed at the
absurdity of
everyday life.
Common themes include sarcasm, tongue-in-ch****, banter, insults...
