humorous expression
Something said funnily
A humorous expression is a phrase, remark, or facial look intended to amuse.
The term covers jokes, witticisms, puns, and comic observations, as well as the physical arrangement of features when someone is being playful or funny: She wore a humorous expression as she delivered the punchline.
- pratfallComedic fall on buttocks
- inside jokeHumor requiring shared history
- running gagRepeated joke across episodes
- punWordplay using double meanings
- malapropismSound-alike word confusion
slapstick · double entendre · spoonerism · self-deprecation · aphorism · dark comedy · understatement · witticism · schadenfreude · bon mot · satire · irony · mimicry · comic timing · dry wit · prop comedy · parody · absurdity
emotional tone/intent
humorous expressionsolemn declaration
Formal assertion of truth
lament · dirge · eulogy · anguished cry · elegy
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