wit: a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter the trait of appreciating (and being able to express) the humorous; 'she didn't appreciate my humor'; 'you can't survive in the army without a sense of humor' temper: a characteristic (habitual or relatively temporary) state of feeling; 'whether he praised or cursed me depended on his temper at the time'; 'he was in a bad humor' the quality of being funny; 'I fail to see the humor in it' (Middle Ages) one of the four fluids in the body whose balance was believed to determine your emotional and physical state; 'the humors are blood and phlegm and yellow and black bile' liquid body substance: the liquid parts of the body put into a good mood
Humour (also spelled humor) is the ability or quality of people, objects, or situations to evoke feelings of amusement in other people. The term encompasses a form of entertainment or human communication which evokes such feelings, or which makes people laugh or feel happy. ...
(hu·mor) (hu´mər) pl. humors, humo´res [L. “a liquid”] 1. a fluid or semifluid substance; used in anatomical nomenclature to designate certain fluid materials in the body. 2. one of the four hypothetical fluids of humoralism.
the quality that provokes laughter or amusement. Writers create humor through exaggeration, sarcasm, amusing descriptions, irony, and witty dialogue.
Ronald J. Manheimer, North Carolina Center for Creative Retirement, University of North Carolina at Asheville
Stories containing a strong comical or satirical element. The funny stuff.
writing that is meant to entertain in a light manner, not serious; often in funny or absurd situations.
whatever is funny or amusing in a situation.
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