humor
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a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughtersynonyms: esprit, geestigheidtypes:hekeldicht, hekelschrift, ironie, satire, schimpdicht, spot, spotdicht, spotternij, xeniënwitty language used to convey insults or scornbak, gag, gebbetje, geestigheid, grap, grapje, joke, koddigheid, mop, plaisanterie, witza humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughterkarikatuur, schertsbeeld, spotbeelda representation of a person that is exaggerated for comic effectburleske, lettergreepraadsel, parodie, persiflage, travestie, woordraadsela composition that imitates or misrepresents somebody's style, usually in a humorous waybeeldverhaal, comic, strip, stripverhaala sequence of drawings telling a story in a newspaper or comic book
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a comic incident or series of incidents
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