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Research & Practice

 * What is funny?
 * Humour
 * Comedy
 * Laughter
 * Joke
 * Comic timing


 * Theory
 * Gelotology
 * Humor research
 * Theories of humor
 * Humor (positive psychology)
 * Dramatism
 * L'esprit de l'escalier
 * Misattribution theory of humor
 * Ridiculous


 * Comedy Genres
 * Comedic genres
 * Observational comedy
 * Alternative comedy
 * Satire
 * Physical comedy
 * Self-deprecation
 * Black comedy
 * Gallows humor
 * Character comedy
 * Parody
 * Deadpan
 * Improvisational theatre
 * Surreal humour
 * Mockumentary
 * Sketch comedy
 * Prop comedy
 * Wit
 * Word play
 * High comedy
 * Low comedy
 * Ribaldry
 * Farce
 * Insult comedy
 * Musical theatre
 * Cringe comedy
 * Shock humour
 * Comedy of menace
 * Tragicomedy
 * Zombie comedy
 * Slapstick


 * Comedy Devices
 * Comedic device
 * Hyperbole
 * Understatement
 * Sarcasm
 * Irony
 * Double entendre
 * Pun
 * In-joke
 * Ad libitum
 * Surprise factor
 * Garden path sentence
 * Paraprosdokian
 * Eggcorn
 * Spoonerism
 * Euphemism
 * Sardonicism
 * Doublespeak
 * Litotes
 * Meiosis (figure of speech)
 * Meta-joke
 * Rhetoric
 * Rhetorical device
 * Spin (public relations)


 * Types
 * One-person show
 * Stand-up comedy
 * Open mic


 * Misc.
 * Macabre
 * Memento mori
 * Computational humor
 * Death from laughter
 * Caustic humour
 * Heckler
 * Schadenfreude
 * Grotesque body
 * Anti-humor
 * Gag name
 * Trope (literature)