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Humour (also spelled humor) is the ability or quality of people, objects, or situations to evoke feelings of amusement in other people. The term encompasses a form of entertainment or human communication which evokes such feelings, or which makes people laugh or feel happy.
The origin of the term derives from the humoral medicine of the ancient Greeks, which stated that a mix of fluids known as humours controlled human health and emotion.
A sense of humour is the ability to experience humour, a quality which all people share, although the extent to which an individual will personally find something humorous depends on a host of absolute and relative variables, including, but not limited to geographical location, culture, maturity, level of education and context. For example, young children (of any background) particularly favour slapstick, while satire tends to appeal to more mature audiences.
Styles of humour
Humans often find the behaviour of other animals amusing or humorous.
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Humans often find the behaviour of other animals amusing or humorous.
Verbal
* Black comedy
* Caustic humour
* Droll humor
* Deadpan
* Non-sequitur/Random humour
* Obscenity
* Parody
* Mockery, such as the Darwin Awards
* Sarcasm
* Satire
* Self-irony / Self-deprecation
* Wit, as in many one-liner jokes
Nonverbal
* Anti-humor
* Deadpan
* Form-versus-content humour
* Slapstick
* Surreal humour or absurdity
* Practical joke: luring someone into a humorous position or situation and then laughing at their expense
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