Humor: Theme Based Vocabulary List

A vocabulary list based on certain basic theme will certainly help you to improve your word power on the particular theme or topic. How to build words and phrases relevant to a given theme or topic? Most of the themes and topics are associated with our day to day life. There are themes or topics: Human emotions, Human gender, Human disease and so on. Let us now consider Human emotions. Each human being has to undergo shades of emotions. Humor is a kind of emotion which makes him happy

Young and old are desirous of having the company of people with a good sense of humor. Similarly people gifted with good sense of humor always make their environment with lot of amusement and laughter. How do you consider your sense of humor? A sense of humor is a gift with which you can develop relationship. Using your humor you may be able to access people, influence people, and even keep them under your fold. Let us not neglect the sense of humor since it is going to be our futuristic asset.

A list of commonly-used vocabulary on humor and its related topics are collected with their meaning (Merriam Webster Dictionary - http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary). You are free to add more words and phrases to improve the periodically.

1). Amusement : (n) = a means of amusing or entertaining amusements>; pleasurable diversion

2). Caricature : (n) = a poor, insincere, or insulting imitation of somethingcaricature of election anamolies>

3). Cartoon (Comic strips) : (n) = a series of drawings that tell a story or part of a storycartoons in the Sunday newspaper>

4). Cartoon (Single strip) : (n) = a picture using line drawing to represent the chief features of an object or scenecartoon mocking politicians>;

5). Comedian : (n) = a comical individual; a professional entertainer who uses any of various physical or verbal means to be amusing

6). Comedienne (F) : (n) = a woman who is a comedian

7). Comedy (ME) : (n) = a literary work written in a comic style or treating a comic theme; a drama of light and amusing character and typically with a happy ending ;

8). Comic : (n) = the comic element ;

9). Comic : (adj.) = of, relating to, or marked by comedy comic actor>; of or relating to comic strips

10).Funny : (n) = one that is funny

11).Funny : (adj.) = affording light mirth and laughter;

12).Gallows Humor : (n) = humor that makes fun of a life-threatening, disastrous, or terrifying situation

13).Hilarious : (adj.) = causing or intended to cause laughterhilarious cartoons you can enjoy>

14).Howler : (n) = a humorous and ridiculous blunder

16).Humor (L) : (n) = that quality which appeals to a sense of the ludicrous or absurdly incongruousb: the mental faculty of discovering, expressing, or appreciating the ludicrous or absurdly incongruousc: something that is or is designed to be comical or amusing (MWD)

Synonym = Wit

17).Joke (L) : (n) = 1 a: something said or done to provoke laughter ; especially: a brief oral narrative with a climactic humorous twist b (1): the humorous or ridiculous element in something (2): an instance of jesting

18).Laughter (ME) : (n) = a sound of or as if of laughing; a cause of merriment

19).Wit (ME) : (n) = reasoning power; usually used in plural ; mental capability and resourcefulness; the ability to relate seemingly disparate things so as to illuminate or amuse; a talent for banter or persiflage; a witty utterance or exchange; clever or apt humor. Synonym = Humor