Humor Humor Afferbeck Lauder is a pseudonym used by the author(s) of humorous books about English dialects. The first was Let Stalk Strine (Ure Smith, Sydney, Australia, 1965) about the so-called "Australian Language", or Strine. It was followed by Nose Tone Unturned (1967), Fraffly Well Spoken (1968), and Fraffly Suite (1969). The first two presented Australian written phonetically to appear as another language, the second lampooned the clipped, almost strangled variety of upper-class English speech in the same way. The titles, and the author pseudonym, are all examples in themselves. ...more on Wikipedia about "Afferbeck Lauder"
Anti-Barney humor is a form of humor that targets the children's television program Barney & Friends. The show's optimistic feeling has made the program a target for parody by older children and adolescents all over America, as well as many adults, and a few famous entertainment personalities. ...more on Wikipedia about "Anti-Barney humor"
Anti-humor is a type of humor that is not directly humorous, though anti-humor jokes often become humorous due to the irony involved in telling them. Listeners are expecting something funny, and when they hear something decidedly not funny, this ridiculous irony is humorous. Reactions to these jokes are often extremely humorous. Anti-humor also encompasses various types of pranks and hoaxes. ...more on Wikipedia about "Anti-humor"
An anti-proverb is the transformation of a stereotype word sequence – as e. g. a proverb, a quotation, or an idiom – in order to cause humorist effect. ...more on Wikipedia about "Anti-proverb"
"Barbie bondage" can refer to one of three concepts, depending on context. ...more on Wikipedia about "Barbie bondage"
Bathos is unintended humor caused by an incongruous combination of high and low. For example, in the assertion ...more on Wikipedia about "Bathos"
Burlesque was originally a form of art that mocked by imitation, referring to everything from comic sketches to dance routines and usually lampooning the social attitudes of the upper classes. It was often ridiculous in that it imitated several styles, and combined imitations of authors and artists with absurd descriptions. In this, the term was often used interchangeably with " pastiche," " parody," and, at the turn of the 18th century, " mock-heroic." Possibly due to historical social tensions between the upper classes and lower classes of society, much of the humor and entertainment focused on lowbrow and ribald subjects. ...more on Wikipedia about "Burlesque"
Many colleges and universities publish satirical journals conventionally referred to as "humor magazines." Many of these publications have a rich and illustrious history, although the genre peaked in the 1970s and some journals now survive only in their online format. Among the most famous: the Harvard Lampoon, which gave rise to the National Lampoon in 1970, and the Dartmouth Jack-O-Lantern, founded in 1908. ...more on Wikipedia about "College humor magazines"
Comic timing is use of rhythm and tempo to enhance comedy and humor. The pacing of the delivery of a joke has a strong impact on its comic effect; the same is also true of more physical comedy such as slapstick. ...more on Wikipedia about "Comic timing"
The crackpot index is a number that rates scientific claims or the individuals that make them, in conjunction with a method for computing that number. The method, proposed (most likely as a joke) by mathematical physicist John Baez in 1998, computes an index by responses to a list of 34 questions, each positive response contributing a point value ranging from 1 to 50. The computation is initialized with a value of −5. ...more on Wikipedia about "Crackpot index"
Dajare (駄洒落; Dah-jah-reh) is a kind of typically Japanese wordplay which relies on the similarity of two different words' pronunciations. ...more on Wikipedia about "Dajare"
Day of the Ninja is a parodic holiday celebrated on December 5 of each year. It was established in 2003 by the creators of the comedy website Ninja Burger. On this day, people are encouraged to dress as ninja, engage in ninja-related activities, and spread information on ninja online. ...more on Wikipedia about "Day of the Ninja"
Deadpan is a form of comedic delivery in which something humorous is said or done by a person, while not exhibiting a change in emotion or facial expression. ...more on Wikipedia about "Deadpan"
Densa is a fictitious association, members of whom must have in theory been designated to be the stupidest 98% of the population, i.e. not in the top 2%, who would qualify for membership in Mensa, an association of individuals with high IQ. Densa was created as a humorous antithesis of Mensa. Official slogans of Densa include "for the rest of us", and "Dense is intense." Many " card-carrying-members" of Densa are famous scientists and academics with a highly developed sense of humour, who refuse to take themselves too seriously, and hence find the Mensa organization rather stuffy. ...more on Wikipedia about "Densa"
In detournement, an artist reuses elements of well-known media to create a new work with a different message, often one opposed to the original. The term "detournement", borrowed from the French, originated with the Situationist International; a similar term more familiar to English speakers would be "turnabout", although this term is not used in academia and the arts world. ...more on Wikipedia about "Detournement"
Dial-a-Joke was an early automated telephone service developed by New York Bell in the 1970s. When callers dialed the phone number, they were told a joke. Recordings of other Dial-A-Joke's can be heard at http://www.dialajoke.us/ ...more on Wikipedia about "Dial-a-Joke"
Dihydrogen monoxide (DHMO) is an obscure name for water used in variations of a common hoax that illustrates how ignorance of science and one-sided analysis can lead to misplaced fears among environmental activists and others. ...more on Wikipedia about "Dihydrogen monoxide hoax"
Droll humor is an often dry, witty form of humor that ellicts laughs through amusingly odd, sometimes zany behavior or speech. Due to its more subtle nature, this type of humor is not commonly used by comedians, although Steven Wright is an example of one who does use it in combination with other techniques. ...more on Wikipedia about "Droll humor"
English as she is spoke is the common name of a 19th-century book credited to José da Fonseca and Pedro Carolino, which was intended as a Portuguese- English conversational guide or phrase book, but is regarded as a classic source of unintentional humour. ...more on Wikipedia about "English as she is spoke"
Europanto is a constructed language, a linguistic jest with a hodge-podge vocabulary from many European languages. It was created in 1996 by Diego Marani, a translator for the European Council of Ministers in Brussels. Marani created it in response to the perceived dominance of the English language; it is an emulation of the effect that non-native speakers struggling to learn a language typically add words and phrases from their native language to express their meanings clearly. ...more on Wikipedia about "Europanto"
The Evil Atheist Conspiracy is a fictitious organization commonly known by its three-letter acronym: EAC. It originated as a satire on the alt.atheism Usenet newsgroup in response to fundamentalist Christians arguing that atheists were conspiring to achieve world domination by forcing " godless" ideologies on them, such as evolution, separation of church and state, and secular humanism. ...more on Wikipedia about "Evil Atheist Conspiracy"
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The Evil Overlord List is a popular list of planned actions for a competent Evil Overlord to avoid the common and not-so-common blunders committed by preceding Evil Overlords in popular fictional works. ...more on Wikipedia about "Evil Overlord List"
:This article is about sarcastic or humorous phrases characterised as "famous last words", not actual dying quotes. For actual phrases attributed to persons near death, see the article Famous last words. ...more on Wikipedia about "Famous last words (sarcasm)"
Flatulence ignition or "fart lighting" is the practice of setting fire to the gasses produced by flatulence. Because of the methane and hydrogen content of such, lighting the resulting gas can result in burns or explosions. Clothing or hair may catch fire and sensitive tissues can be damaged. ...more on Wikipedia about "Fart lighting"
Fatal hilarity is death as a result of laughter. ...more on Wikipedia about "Fatal hilarity"
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