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Humour (Humor in American English)is a form of entertainment that is intended to make someone laugh and have a good time. The origins of the word are in the humoural medicine of the ancient Greeks, the word meaning fluid. *Clowns *Comedy and Comedians *Comedy film *Comics *Internet humor *Jokes *Practical jokes *Professional homour like lawyer jokes *Toilet humour There are different types of humour which appeal to different sectors of humanity - for instance, Slapstick is particularly popular with young children, while satire tends to be more popular with the older and better-educated. Humour usually is localized and does not easily transfer from one culture to another. This happens because a large amount of humour is very context sensitive and someone whom does not understand the context will usually not understand the humour. Various techniques are used to deliver humour *Slapstick *Pun *Joke *Sarcasm *Satire *Parody *Silly acts inappropriate for the situation or age of person *fake stern manner that is inappropriate in a comic setting *ridiculous gestures and movements *deliberate ambiguity and confusion with reality (such as in Andy Kaufman's humour) *play of words such as oxymorons, puns etc. *unexpected outcome, such as a witty punchline. *wittiness, as in many one-liner. *absurdity ** triple *irony *self inflicted ambarassing situation, e.g. losing the swim trunk after a dive etc. *self-degradation (such as in Rodney Dagerfield's humor) *faking stupidity *pointing out real stupidity (such as the Darwin Awards) *stereotyping (such as blonde, lawyer, Polish jokes etc.) *inflicting pain (such as kick in the groin or in the movie "Home Alone", etc) there are many more, I just don't remember all the names