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A joke is a display of humour in which words are used within a specific and well-defined narrative structure to make people laugh and is usually not meant to be interpreted literally. It usually takes the form of a story, often with dialogue, and ends in a punch line, whereby the humorous element of the story is revealed; this can be done using a pun or…
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| Joke | is a | display of humour in which words are used within a specific and well-defined narrative structure to make people laugh and is usually not meant to be interpreted literally | 0.90 | text |
| Joke | is a | short humorous piece of oral literature in which the funniness culminates in the final sentence | 0.90 | text |
| Joke | is a | ancient Sumerian proverb from 1900 BC containing toilet humour | 0.90 | text |
| Joke | is a | cooperative effort | 0.90 | text |
| riddles | instance of | It is not required to be verbatim text like other forms of oral literature | 0.80 | text |
| proverbs | instance of | It is not required to be verbatim text like other forms of oral literature | 0.80 | text |
| the death of Diana | instance of | cycles attach themselves to celebrities or national catastrophes | 0.80 | text |
| Princess of Wales | instance of | cycles attach themselves to celebrities or national catastrophes | 0.80 | text |
| the death of Michael Jackson | instance of | cycles attach themselves to celebrities or national catastrophes | 0.80 | text |
| and the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster | instance of | cycles attach themselves to celebrities or national catastrophes | 0.80 | text |
| real | instance of | themes | 0.80 | text |
| faulty logic or false analogies.Situation | instance of | These can range from a simple verbal technique like a pun to more complex LMs | 0.80 | text |
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