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Absurd

details that are added to smth until it becomes tottaly ridicoulous

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aside

a thought added as if something the speaker was saying reminded him of it

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banter

rapid back and forth

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blendword/portmanteau

blending 2 words to make a new one

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blue humuor

rated r humuor

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brevity

short sentences after longer ones

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details

just giving details

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euphemism

using language to make smth seem less serious

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hyperbole

an exaggeration

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incongruity between subject and tone

small thing is made way bigger than it should be

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double entendre

indirect hint

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situational irony

opposite happens of what you expect to happen

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dramatic irony

the audience knows smth the character doesnt

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verbal irony

opposite of what you mean

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jargon

using big words to sound smart

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kicker

lasst final joke sentence

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malapropism

uninteninallyh misprounouncing a word

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mixed metaphor

mix common sayings to comic effect

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non sequitur

one thing follows another and they are not related

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parody

good natured satire

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slapstick

physical comedy

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pun

self explanatory

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punching up

poking fun at people above you in society

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repition

repeating smth

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rule of three

keep three things

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running gag

a gag you go back to

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satire

targeting a specific thing

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schadenfreude

finding humuor at physical pain

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shagy dog

a story that goes on for way too long

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spoonerism

uninentiional ex: our queer old Dean instead of our dear old queen

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tragedy+time=comedy

more time has passed, more acceptable it is to joke about it

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turn of phrase

making a serious point and an unexpcted meaning is revealed

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understatement

self explanatory