Humor
Humor noun - The amusing quality or element in something.
Shade
Shade noun - Partial darkness due to the obstruction of light rays.
Both words in one sentence
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When done badly, perhaps for humor, may shade into Ye Olde Butcherede Englishe.
Source: Flowery Elizabethan English - A Lighter Shade of Grey: Though both enjoy their share of vulgar humor, MJTR is always quick to go to darker, more openly disrespectful places than Thayne.
Source: Lets Play / Analog Control
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