Whois & Analysis for funny-jokes.com

A joke is a display of humour in which words are used within a specific and well-defined narrative structure to make people laugh.

It takes the form of a story, usually with dialogue, and ends in a punch line.

It is in the punch line that the audience becomes aware that the story contains a second, conflicting meaning.

This can be done using a pun or other word play such as irony, a logical incompatibility, nonsense or other means.

Linguist Robert Hetzron offers the definition:

Humour (or humor in American English) is the tendency of particular cognitive experiences to provoke laughter and provide amusement.

The term derives from the humoral medicine of the ancient Greeks, which taught that the balance of fluids in the human body, known as humours (Latin: humor, "body fluid"), controlled human health and emotion.

A one-liner is a joke that is delivered in a single line.

A good one-liner is said to be - concise and meaningful.

Comedians and actors use this comedic method as part of their act, e.g. Jimmy Carr, Tommy Cooper, Rodney Dangerfield, Ken Dodd, Stewart Francis, Zach Galifianakis, Mitch Hedberg, Anthony Jeselnik, Milton Jones, Shappi Khorsandi, Jay London, Mark Linn-Baker, Demetri Martin, Groucho Marx, Dan Mintz, Emo Philips, Tim Vine, Steven Wright and Henny Youngman.

Many fictional characters are also known to deliver one-liners, including James Bond, who usually includes short and witty quips after disposing of a villain.

A short story is a piece of prose fiction that can be read in one sitting.

Emerging from earlier oral storytelling traditions in the 17th century, the short story has grown to encompass a body of work so diverse as to defy easy characterization.

At its most prototypical the short story features a small cast of named characters, and focuses on a self-contained incident with the intent of evoking a "single effect" or mood.

In doing so, short stories make use of plot, resonance, and other dynamic components to a far greater degree than is typical of an anecdote, yet to a far lesser degree than a novel.

While the short story is largely distinct from the novel, authors of both generally draw from a common pool of literary techniques.