An open list of 24 words by ecbrenner.
- dry wit was added by ecbrenner and appears on just this list
- irony was added by ecbrenner and appears on 85 other lists
- sarcasm was added by ecbrenner and appears on 49 other lists
- black humor was added by ecbrenner and appears on 1 other list
- blue humor was added by ecbrenner and appears on just this list
- gallows humor was added by ecbrenner and appears on 2 other lists
- parody was added by ecbrenner and appears on 37 other lists
- Burlesque was added by ecbrenner and appears on just this list
- satire was added by ecbrenner and appears on 37 other lists
- repartee was added by ecbrenner and appears on 67 other lists
- wit was added by ecbrenner and appears on 52 other lists
- deadpan was added by thtownse and appears on 25 other lists
- slapstick was added by thtownse and appears on 18 other lists
- ill was added by thtownse and appears on 27 other lists
- leg-pull was added by Prolagus and appears on just this list
- scatological was added by grant_barrett and appears on 15 other lists
- dry was added by grant_barrett and appears on 41 other lists
- pun was added by quotato and appears on 21 other lists
- sick was added by dbekeny and appears on 34 other lists
- invective was added by ruzuzu and appears on 131 other lists
- cynicism was added by ruzuzu and appears on 33 other lists
- the sardonic was added by ruzuzu and appears on just this list
- good was added by john and appears on 60 other lists
- bad was added by john and appears on 44 other lists
ecbrenner Ruzuzu, that's great! I'd never seen it before. Now I'll mark it for future reference. I wonder who would be considered "the respectable" in this day and age? Jun 29, 2010
ruzuzu Are you familiar with the "humour, wit, satire, sarcasm, invective, irony, cynicism, the sardonic" table in H.W. Fowler's Modern English Usage? It's hilarious--he tells us that the audience for cynicism is "The respectable," while the motive or aim of the sardonic is "Self-relief." Jun 29, 2010