Joke
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A joke is a display of humour in which words are used within a specific and well-defined narrative structure to make people laugh and is usually not meant to be interpreted literally. It usually takes
Boris Yeltsin and Bill Clinton enjoying a joke
The Westcar Papyrus, dating to c. 1600 BC, contains an example of one of the earliest surviving jokes.
1597 engraving of Poggio Bracciolini, author of one of the first joke anthologies
Why did the chicken cross the road? To get to the other side.
Humor research
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Humor research is a multifaceted field which enters the domains of linguistics, history, and literature. Research in humor has been done to understand the psychological and physiological effects, both
Comic from The Ladies' Home Journal (1948) showing two children reading from a book titled Child Psychology and remarking "Grownups certainly like to complicate things!"
Children playing in the sand in Florida, United States
A couple laughing together