Comedic language by https://padlet.com/zsofia_kovi/sj9k36qg2klb definition example visual example en-us 2017-06-14 07:09:03 UTC 2017-06-14 07:34:16 UTC hello@padlet.com Exaggeration zsofia_kovi https://padlet.com/zsofia_kovi/sj9k36qg2klb/wish/176359208 To magnify beyond the limits of truth; overstate; represent disproportionately.


  • He is drowning in his tears. 
]]> 2017-06-14 07:12:17 UTC https://padlet.com/zsofia_kovi/sj9k36qg2klb/wish/176359208 Hyperbole zsofia_kovi https://padlet.com/zsofia_kovi/sj9k36qg2klb/wish/176359478 An obvious and intentional exaggeration.
  • That joke is so old, the last time I heard it I was riding on a dinosaur.
]]> 2017-06-14 07:15:36 UTC https://padlet.com/zsofia_kovi/sj9k36qg2klb/wish/176359478 Puns zsofia_kovi https://padlet.com/zsofia_kovi/sj9k36qg2klb/wish/176359747 A joke exploiting the different possible meanings of a word or the fact that there are words which sound alike but have different meanings.
  • A boiled egg every morning is hard to beat.
]]> 2017-06-14 07:18:34 UTC https://padlet.com/zsofia_kovi/sj9k36qg2klb/wish/176359747 Wit zsofia_kovi https://padlet.com/zsofia_kovi/sj9k36qg2klb/wish/176360190 The capacity for inventive thought and quick understanding; keen intelligence.

You, sir, are drunk.
You, madam, are ugly, and in the morning I shall be sober.
]]> 2017-06-14 07:23:00 UTC https://padlet.com/zsofia_kovi/sj9k36qg2klb/wish/176360190 Understatement zsofia_kovi https://padlet.com/zsofia_kovi/sj9k36qg2klb/wish/176360487 The presentation of something as being smaller or less good or important than it really is.


  • “It was O.K.” is an understatement if someone who got the highest score in a test said this when asked about his result.
]]> 2017-06-14 07:26:00 UTC https://padlet.com/zsofia_kovi/sj9k36qg2klb/wish/176360487 Euphemism zsofia_kovi https://padlet.com/zsofia_kovi/sj9k36qg2klb/wish/176360663 A mild or indirect word or expression substituted for one considered to be too harsh or blunt when referring to something unpleasant or embarrassing.


  • Passed away instead of died.

]]> 2017-06-14 07:27:43 UTC https://padlet.com/zsofia_kovi/sj9k36qg2klb/wish/176360663 One liner zsofia_kovi https://padlet.com/zsofia_kovi/sj9k36qg2klb/wish/176360799 A short joke or witty remark.
  • "Acting deals with very delicate emotions. It is not putting up a mask. Each time an actor acts he does not hide; he exposes himself."
]]> 2017-06-14 07:29:09 UTC https://padlet.com/zsofia_kovi/sj9k36qg2klb/wish/176360799 Allusion zsofia_kovi https://padlet.com/zsofia_kovi/sj9k36qg2klb/wish/176361034 An expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference.

"an allusion to Shakespeare"
]]> 2017-06-14 07:31:34 UTC https://padlet.com/zsofia_kovi/sj9k36qg2klb/wish/176361034 Slapstick zsofia_kovi https://padlet.com/zsofia_kovi/sj9k36qg2klb/wish/176361148 A style of humor involving exaggerated physical activity which exceeds the boundaries of normal physical comedy.

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