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Glossary
Buffoonery: Ridiculous or odd behaviour; jokes etc.
Burlesque: An artistic work, especially literary or dramatic; satirising a subject by caricaturing it.
Caricature: A pictorial, written or acted representation of a person which exaggerates the characteristic traits for comic effect.
Comedy: A dramatic or other work of light and amusing character.
Farce: A broadly humorous play based on the exploitation of improbable situations.
Foolery: Foolish behaviour such as a prank or trick.
Humour: Situations, speech or writing that are thought to be funny. The quality of being funny.
Irony: The humorous or mildly sarcastic use of words to imply the opposite of what they normally mean.
Jest: Something done or said for amusement; joke.
Parody: A musical, literary or other composition that mimics the style of another composer, author etc. in a humorous or satirical way.
Pun: The use of words or phrases to exploit ambiguities and innuendos in their meaning usually for humorous effect.
Satire: A novel, play or entertainment etc. in which topical issues, folly or evil are held up to scorn by means of ridicule and irony.
Slapstick: Comedy characterised by horseplay and physical action.
Travesty: A farcical or grotesque imitation, mockery or parody.
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Glossary
Buffoonery: Ridiculous or odd behaviour; jokes etc.
Burlesque: An artistic work, especially literary or dramatic; satirising a subject by caricaturing it.
Caricature: A pictorial, written or acted representation of a person which exaggerates the characteristic traits for comic effect.
Comedy: A dramatic or other work of light and amusing character.
Farce: A broadly humorous play based on the exploitation of improb- able situations.
Foolery:Foolish behaviour such as a prank or trick.
Humour: Situations, speech or writing that are thought to be funny. The quality of being funny.
Irony: The humorous or mildly sarcastic use of words to imply the opposite of what they normally mean.
Jest: Something done or said for amusement; joke.
Parody: A musical, literary or other composition that mimics the style of another composer, author etc. in a humorous or satirical way.
Pun: The use of words or phrases to exploit ambiguities and innuen- does in their meaning usually for humorous effect.
Satire: A novel, play or entertainment etc. in which topical issues, folly or evil are held up to scorn by means of ridicule and irony.
Slapstick: Comedy characterised by horseplay and physical action.
Travesty: A farcical or grotesque imitation, mockery or parody.
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