A list of 24 words by ecbrenner.
- badwas added by john and appears on 73 lists
- goodwas added by john and appears on 92 lists
- the sardonicwas added by ruzuzu and appears on just this list
- cynicismwas added by ruzuzu and appears on 52 lists
- invectivewas added by ruzuzu and appears on 203 lists
- sickwas added by dbekeny and appears on 53 lists
- punwas added by quotato and appears on 33 lists
- drywas added by grant_barrett and appears on 72 lists
- scatologicalwas added by grant_barrett and appears on 21 lists
- leg-pullwas added by Prolagus and appears on just this list
- illwas added by thtownse and appears on 43 lists
- slapstickwas added by thtownse and appears on 26 lists
- deadpanwas added by thtownse and appears on 40 lists
- witwas added by ecbrenner and appears on 72 lists
- reparteewas added by ecbrenner and appears on 95 lists
- satirewas added by ecbrenner and appears on 70 lists
- Burlesquewas added by ecbrenner and appears on 3 lists
- parodywas added by ecbrenner and appears on 60 lists
- gallows humorwas added by ecbrenner and appears on 4 lists
- blue humorwas added by ecbrenner and appears on just this list
- black humorwas added by ecbrenner and appears on 2 lists
- sarcasmwas added by ecbrenner and appears on 64 lists
- ironywas added by ecbrenner and appears on 111 lists
- dry witwas added by ecbrenner and appears on just this list
ruzuzu commented on the list types-of-humor
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."
June 30, 2010
ecbrenner commented on the list types-of-humor
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?
June 30, 2010