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Bullying, abuse, or violence towards those who are handicapable.
Hostile Ableism
Humor that involves physicality
Physical Humor
Art of effective or persuasive speaking, writing, especially the use of figures of speech and other compositional techniques
Rhetoric
Comparison between two things, typically to help explain, clarify, or add humor.
Analogy
Extremely Bold
Audacious
Views people with disabilities as weak, vulnerable, or in need of rescuing.
Benevolent Ableism
humor where the comedian makes fun of themselves
Self Deprecating Humor
An author or character's attitude toward a subject that is created through diction, connotation, structure, sentence construction, and author's craft.
Tone
Something is out of place, doesn't fit in it's location or situation.
placed in a position of little or no importance, influence, or power
Marginalized
Combination of hostile and benevolent ableism.
Ambivalent Ableism
Humor that features illogical events, absurd situations, or nonsensical themes.
Absurdist
An idea or feeling that a word evokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning.
Connotation
When outcome of a situation is contrary or different than what is expected.
Exaggeration
Completely baffling, puzzling, or confusing
Perpexpling
A form of comedy performance that is directed to a live audience where the performer stands on a stage.
Stand Up Comedy
Makes light of a heavy subject matter, generally considered taboo
Dark Humor
Event or moment that prompts, motivates, or inspires the author to write or speak on a problem or issue.
Exigence
Short, amusing, thought-provoking stories used to demonstrate a point.
Anecdotes
Amusing in an odd way, whimsically humorous
Droll
Inserting light hearted jokes into stories that would otherwise be dark or heavy for the audience.
Levity
A written examination and judgment of a social situation, structure, beliefs, or set of ideas.
Societal Critique
Author's main idea or argument that they are trying to convey through their writing.
Message
Use of irony to mock or convey contempt
Sarcasm
distrusting or disparaging the motives of others
Cynical