Humor styles are a subject of research in the field of personality psychology that focuses on the ways in which individuals differ in their use of humor...

English) or humor (American English) is the tendency of experiences to provoke laughter and provide amusement. The term derives from the humoral medicine...

maladaptive styles of humor. Affiliative and self-enhancing humor are the two adaptive styles. The defining feature of affiliative humor is humor that is...

help-seeking) Humor used as a positive coping method may have useful benefits to emotional and mental health well-being. However, maladaptive humor styles such...

Black comedy, also known as black humor, bleak comedy, dark comedy, dark humor, gallows humor or morbid humor, is a style of comedy that makes light of subject...

Although humor is a phenomenon experienced by most humans, its exact cause is a topic of heavy debate. There are many theories of humor which attempt to...

include The Falls by Peter Greenaway and Brazil by Terry Gilliam. Surrealist humor has become increasingly popular in both children- and adult-oriented western...

Sophomoric humor (also called juvenile humor or schoolboy humor) is any type of humor that is considered silly, immature, or childish. The phrase can be...

CollegeHumor Media became CH Media which consisted of three main brands: CollegeHumor.com, Drawfee.com and Dorkly.com. The former CollegeHumor site featured...

"Individual differences in uses of humor and their relation to psychological well-being: Development of the Humor Styles Questionnaire". Journal of Research...

characterized by non-violence, realistic storylines, family drama, and humor styles. In recognition of the works of Humayun, The Times of India wrote, "Humayun...

Anti-humor or anti-comedy is a type of alternative humor that is based on the surprise factor of absence of an expected joke or of a punch line in a narration...

Slapstick is a style of humor involving exaggerated physical activity that exceeds the boundaries of normal physical comedy. Slapstick may involve both...

friends, it was not until his work at the Lampoon that his style formed. The prominent styles of humor were then "crackerbarrel" — which relied on devices such...

contrasting with the style also used for Cow and Chicken, with static image. Humor relies on slapstick comedy and moderate off-color humor, as typical of many...

Good Humor is a Good Humor-Breyers brand of ice cream started by Harry Burt in Youngstown, Ohio, United States, in the early 1920s with the Good Humor bar...

review, saying: "It's as stupid as it is relevant, and that layering of humor styles — insightful satire, no-holds-barred vulgarity, irresistible juvenilia...

performance, or the subject of a roast. The style can be distinguished from an act based on satire, or political humor. Insult comedy is often used to deflect...

and humor is a topic of Biblical criticism concerned with the question of whether parts of the Bible were intended to convey humor in any style. Historically...

2020). "Motives for viewing animated sitcoms and their associations with humor styles, positivity, and self-criticism in a sample of Hungarian viewers". PLOS...

passive or submissive and might use self-deprecating or self-defeating humor styles. Possessing these qualities makes these individuals vulnerable, as they...

(psychology) Straight man Throwaway line Rishel, Mary Ann (2002). Writing humor. Detroit: Wayne State University Press. p. 166. ISBN 0-8143-2959-4. Bresnahan...

Low comedy, or lowbrow humor, is a type of comedy that is a form of popular entertainment without any primary purpose other than to create laughter through...

American humor refers collectively to the conventions and common threads that tie together humor in the United States. It is often defined in comparison...

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felt that the feature bore "little resemblance to the Archie school humor-style." After appearing in almost every issue of Pep from Apr. 1982 to Sept...

Arab humor refers to the various forms of humor that exist within the Arab world. It is an important aspect of Arab culture and reflects the complexities...

which confronts un-queer ontology [states of being] and homophobia with humor and which by those same means may also signal the possibility of the overturn...

Comedy can be divided into multiple genres based on the source of humor, the method of delivery, and the context in which it is delivered. These classifications...