Humour and Wit

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Humour

Humour noun - A message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter.
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Wit is a synonym for humour in characteristic topic. In some cases you can use "Wit" instead a noun "Humour", when it comes to topics like character trait, language, satire, joking. popular alternative
Nearby Words: humor, humouring, humorous, humourless, humored

Wit

Wit noun - A message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter.
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Humour is a synonym for wit in characteristic topic. You can use "Humour" instead a noun "Wit", if it concerns topics such as character trait, language, satire, wittiness. popular alternative
Nearby Words: witty, witling

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good good humour good wit
pure pure humour pure wit
usual usual humour usual wit
original original humour original wit
Other adjectives: actual, dry, great, dark, caustic, satirical, subtle, silly, deadpan, observational.

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  • Series / That Mitchell and Webb Look Buffy Speak: Several shows written by the lazy writers contain examples, not done out of wit or humour, just because they couldn't be bothered finding out the right terminology.
    Source: Series / That Mitchell and Webb Look
  • Darker and Edgier: The novel, although brimming with wit and humour, turns out to be more depressing than its predecessor.
    Source: Literature / The Little Golden Calf
  • To many people Victorian wit and humour is summed up by Punch, when every joke is supposed to end with "Collapse of Stout Party", though this phrase tends to be as elusive as "Elementary, my dear Watson" in the Sherlock Holmes sagas.
    Source: Beam Me Up Scotty / Literature
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