Memes
What is a meme?
A viral image, video or text.
What do jokes primarily rely on?
wordplay and puns.
What defines a visual pun?
A pun where part of it is represented by an image.
Humor helps break down what?
Barriers.
Have memes affected the english language?
Yes.
How can jokes be used in literature?
To set the mood in stories and aid in Character Development.
What do you call a fly with no wings?
A walk.
Which people coined the word humor
The ancient Greeks.
Who coined the word meme?
Richard Dawkins
What is the oldest known joke and when was it said?
It was said around 1900BC and it was a toilet joke.
What is the defention of a homographic pun?
A pun using different words with the same spelling.
A theory that is proposed to explain humor.
Benign theory.
What is Pedro pascal eating in the meme shown in the presentation?
A sandwich.
What role do jokes play in the evolution of language according to the presentation?
Jokes promote change in pronunciation, grammar, and usage patterns.
What type of pun is the following joke: “My Italian friend died recently. He pasta way”?
A homophonic pun.
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what is typicly need to understand most jokes - geografical location, ___ ,marutiry , ___, high level of education, ___
culture, intelligence, context