English - Mango Flashcards
Dry humor
The comedian shows no emotion when telling the jokes
Pun
Using a word in a funny way based on sound/meaning
Double entendre
Something which can be understood in two ways
Innuendo
Suggestion of something (often, distasteful or sexual) but not referred to directly
Irony
When you mean the opposite of what you say
Witty
Showing or characterized by quick and inventive verbal humour
Wordplay
The witty exploitation of the meanings and ambiguities of words, especially in puns (“so many of the jokes are based on wordplay”)
Slapstick
Style of humor involving exaggerated physical activity that exceeds the boundaries of normal physical comedy / Comedy based on deliberately clumsy actions and humorously embarrassing events
Wry
Often used to describe a sarcastic look or smile / Meaning is changed to communicate something different / Using or expressing dry, especially mocking, humour
Kinetic
Relating to or resulting from motion
Steam
Hot vapor
To pave the way
To create the circumstances to enable something to happen or be done
To store
To collect and put aside
To tap into
To take advantage of something
Interchangeably
When something can be used in the same manner as something else