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humor vs humour

humor

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noun

  1. the trait of appreciating (and being able to express) the humorous
  2. a characteristic (habitual or relatively temporary) state of feeling
  3. a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter
  4. the liquid parts of the body
  5. the quality of being funny
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verb

  1. put into a good mood

Examples

Demos they may be but these Hazlewood rarities are rounded, rustic country songs: lustrous and lustful, quirkily and dryly humorous, yet poignant stories from the other side of love.

But if you're just play-acting, RP is all a bit of fun, along with the humorous OOC asides.

Another friend showed his great sense of humor in dealing with the obvious statements.

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humour

Definitions

noun

  1. the trait of appreciating (and being able to express) the humorous
  2. a characteristic (habitual or relatively temporary) state of feeling
  3. a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter
  4. the liquid parts of the body
  5. the quality of being funny
and more 1 ...

verb

  1. put into a good mood

Examples

Written with charm and humour, this is a touching, absorbing oddity of a book about love, grief, avarice and generosity.

I leaned a minute against a Corinthian column; I lamented that no pontiff arrived with victims and aruspices, of whom I might inquire, what, in the name of birds and garbage, put me so terribly out of humour! for you must know I was very near being disappointed, and began to think Piranesi and Paolo Panini had been a great deal too colossal in their view of this venerable structure.

A man of good humour and a great sense of fun, he enjoyed popularity among his teaching colleagues and pupils, many of whom were present at the removal of remains and burial.

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