Humour

:This article discusses humour in terms of comedy and laughter. For ancient Greek theories of humour in physiology, psychology and medicine, see four humours.

Styles or techniques

Examples of various different styles of humour, or techniques for evoking humour or creating a humourous situation are listed below.

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• Verbal
• Figure of speech
• Triple and paraprosdokian
• Enthymeme
• Syllepsis
• Hyperbole
• Understatement
• Word play
• Oxymoron
• Pun
• Comic sounds or inherently funny words with sounds that make them amusing in a language
• Joke
• Adages, often in the form of paradox "laws" of nature, such as Murphy's law
• Stereotyping, such as blonde jokes, lawyer jokes, racial jokes.
• Sick Jokes, arousing humour through grotesque, violent or exceptionally cruel scenarios
• Riddle
• Irony, where a statement or situation implies both a superficial and a concealed meaning which are at odds with each other.
• Wit, as in many one-liner jokes
• Non-sequitur
• Droll
• Sarcasm
• Satire
• Parody
• Ridicule, such as the Darwin Awards
• Self-ridicule, such as Rodney Dangerfield's self-deprecating humour
• Nonverbal
• Deadpan, Fake stern manner (inappropriate in a comic setting)
• Slapstick
• Exaggerated or unexpected gestures and movements
• Inflicting pain, such as kick in the groin
• Faking stupidity
• Absurdity, such as clash of context or fish out of water.
• Practical joke: luring someone into a humorous position or situation and then laughing at their expense
• Form-versus-content humour
• Anti-humour
• Deliberate ambiguity and confusion with reality, often performed by Andy Kaufman
• Unintentional humour, that is, making people laugh without intending to (as with Ed Wood's Plan 9 From Outer Space)
• Character Driven, deriving humour from the way characters act in specific situations, without punchlines. Exemplified by The Larry Sanders Show and Curb Your Enthusiasm.

:Note - many more exist

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