juvenile humor

Fart jokes, basically

Juvenile humor is comedy that appeals to childish sensibilities—bodily functions, silly sounds, pratfalls, and crude jokes.

The term is mildly dismissive, suggesting humor that lacks sophistication: The movie relies on juvenile humor like fart jokes and people getting hit in the crotch.

What counts as juvenile depends on the critic; one person's juvenile humor is another's guilty pleasure.

Related

immature · childish · gross · booger · poop · poop joke · pee pee · giggles · slapstick · pranks · wedgie · snicker · goofy · bathroom · crude · lowbrow · toilet · whoopee cushion

Categories
Opposites
sophistication

juvenile humorwit

Clever, inventive humor

intellectual humor · clever wordplay · dry wit · subtle humor · observational comedy

maturity level

juvenile humorblack humor

Comedy from darkness

gallows humor · cynical humor

refinement

juvenile humorcomedy of manners

Genre mocking social etiquette

Oscar Wilde · bon mot

Family

juvenile, humor, juvenility, humorous, humorously, humorless, humorlessness, humored, humoring

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Everyday, not technical · Rated PG