anti-humor

The Universal Groan: Anatomy of a Dad Joke

The dad joke is a unique linguistic phenomenon where the intended reaction is not a laugh, but a groan. We'll…

3 weeks ago

The Shaggy Dog’s Syntax: Deconstructing the Feghoot

A feghoot is a linguistic long con, a narrative bait-and-switch where the journey is an elaborate misdirection. It weaponizes the…

3 weeks ago

The Joke That Isn’t: The Pragmatics of Anti-Humor

Why do we laugh at jokes with painfully obvious punchlines? Anti-humor cleverly subverts our expectations by refusing to be clever,…

3 weeks ago

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