funny stories
Amusing narrative collection
Funny stories are narratives intended to amuse—jokes, anecdotes, or tales with humorous elements.
The phrase often appears in casual conversation: He always has funny stories about his kids, She told a funny story about getting lost in Tokyo.
Collections of funny stories range from children's books to adult humor anthologies.
- joke bookCollection of humorous stories
- knock knock jokeCall-and-response pun format
- anecdotesBrief amusing accounts
- embarrassing momentSocially awkward incident
- one-linerBrief standalone joke
gag · running gag · humor · misunderstandings · punchline · tall tales · satire · exaggeration · yarn · campfire tales · pun · irony · jokes · humorous essays · parody · slapstick · bloopers · absurdity
- storytellingstorytelling, tale, narrative, narrator, storyteller
- humor booksjoke books, one-liners, wisecracks, limericks, roast jokes
- Storytelling Typesfairy tales, myths, legends, fables, folklore
- children's booksfairy tales, nursery rhymes, picture books, Harry Potter, Dr. Seuss
- humorjoke, jokes, joking, comedy, comic
- topicsnature, health, sports, science, politics
narrative genre/mode
funny storiestragedies
Dramas with fatal endings
Greek tragedies · Shakespearean tragedies · horror stories · cautionary tales · morality tales