ALL meanings of humor
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H h - abbreviation Technical meaning of HUMOR hacker humour 3
- noun Definition of humor in Technology A distinctive style of shared intellectual humour found among hackers, having the following marked characteristics: 1. Fascination with form-vs.-content jokes, paradoxes, and humour having to do with confusion of metalevels (see meta). One way to make a hacker laugh: hold a red index card in front of him/her with "GREEN" written on it, or vice-versa (note, however, that this is funny only the first time). 2. Elaborate deadpan parodies of large intellectual constructs, such as specifications (see write-only memory), standards documents, language descriptions (see INTERCAL), and even entire scientific theories (see quantum bogodynamics, computron). 3. Jokes that involve screwily precise reasoning from bizarre, ludicrous, or just grossly counter-intuitive premises. 4. Fascination with puns and wordplay. 5. A fondness for apparently mindless humour with subversive currents of intelligence in it - for example, old Warner Brothers and Rocky & Bullwinkle cartoons, the Marx brothers, the early B-52s, and Monty Python's Flying Circus. Humour that combines this trait with elements of high camp and slapstick is especially favoured. 6. References to the symbol-object antinomies and associated ideas in Zen Buddhism and (less often) Taoism. See has the X nature, Discordianism, zen, ha ha only serious, AI koan. See also filk and retrocomputing. If you have an itchy feeling that all 6 of these traits are really aspects of one thing that is incredibly difficult to talk about exactly, you are (a) correct and (b) responding like a hacker. These traits are also recognizable (though in a less marked form) throughout science-fiction fandom. 1
- noun humor a comic, absurd, or incongruous quality causing amusement: the humor of a situation. 1
- noun humor the faculty of perceiving what is amusing or comical: He is completely without humor. 1
- noun humor an instance of being or attempting to be comical or amusing; something humorous: The humor in his joke eluded the audience. 1
- noun humor the faculty of expressing the amusing or comical: The author's humor came across better in the book than in the movie. 1
- noun humor comical writing or talk in general; comical books, skits, plays, etc. 1
- noun humor humors, peculiar features; oddities; quirks: humors of life. 1
- noun humor mental disposition or temperament. 1
- noun humor a temporary mood or frame of mind: The boss is in a bad humor today. 1
- noun humor a capricious or freakish inclination; whim or caprice; odd trait. 1
- noun humor (in medieval physiology) one of the four elemental fluids of the body, blood, phlegm, black bile, and yellow bile, regarded as determining, by their relative proportions, a person's physical and mental constitution. 1
- noun humor any animal or plant fluid, whether natural or morbid, as the blood or lymph. 1
- verb with object humor to comply with the humor or mood of in order to soothe or make content or more agreeable: to humor a child. 1
- verb with object humor to adapt or accommodate oneself to. 1
- idioms humor out of humor, displeased; dissatisfied; cross: The chef is feeling out of humor again and will have to be treated carefully. 1
- noun humor The quality of being amusing or comic, especially as expressed in literature or speech. 1
- noun humor funniness 1
- noun humor style of humour 1
- noun humor comedy 1
- noun humor medical element 1
- transitive verb humor indulge 1
- noun humor mood 1
- noun humor any fluid or juice of an animal or plant; esp., any of the four fluids (cardinal humors) formerly considered responsible for one's health and disposition; blood, phlegm, choler, or melancholy 0
- noun humor a person's disposition or temperament 0
- noun humor a mood; state of mind 0
- noun humor whim; fancy; caprice 0
- noun humor the quality that makes something seem funny, amusing, or ludicrous; comicality 0
- noun humor the ability to perceive, appreciate, or express what is funny, amusing, or ludicrous 0
- noun humor the expression of this in speech, writing, or action 0
- noun humor American spelling of humour. 0
- noun humor any fluid or fluidlike substance of the body; blood, lymph, bile, etc. 0
- verb humor American spelling of humour. 0
- verb transitive humor to comply with the mood or whim of (another); indulge 0
- verb transitive humor to act in agreement with the nature of; adapt oneself to 0