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Self-referential humor

Self-referential humor, also known as self-reflexive humor, self-aware humor, or meta humor, is a type of comedic expression that—either directed toward some other subject, or openly directed toward itself—is self-referential in some way, intentionally alluding to the very person who is expressing the humor in a comedic fashion, or to some specific…

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Meta humor

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Self-referential humor → Breaking, Cliché, English, Form, GreekMeta-reference, Humor, Prefix, Process, Sentence, Type
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Self-referential humor → Meta humor

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Self-referential humorsee alsoSentence0.60section
Self-referential humorsee alsoHumor0.60section
Self-referential humorsee alsoCliché0.60section
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