"Which word is funnier: porridge or oatmeal?" This is the question one of us recently posed to the other.* Clearly, the notion was insane. Surely finding something funny requires context — a ...

Scientists and philosophers have long sought to understand humor. Charles Darwin likened it to a "tickling of the mind," and Thomas Hobbes described it as a feeling of "sudden glory." Theories about ...

Study author Chris Westbury reads from a treasury of Dr. Seuss books. Seuss was famous for using made-up words for humor. University of Alberta/Video screenshot That wiggly jiggly poodle just ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. They sure are silly to say. When you think about it, some words in the English language can sound pretty interesting. And when we ...

George W. Bush was not known for his cunning intellect, but he did have a good sense of humor. In a commencement address at Southern Methodist University, he famously told the graduates, “For those of ...

“Laugh or you’ll die.” That’s Sue Costello’s motto. If you see “Minus 32 Million Words,” you’ll know that she means it literally. Costello, a Dorchester native, doesn’t initiate you gently into her ...

According to the dictionary, humor is defined as a “condition of the mind, mental state, disposition, temperament or feeling.” In other words, humor can be good or bad; however, there is no doubt that ...

If you’ve been endlessly searching for an academic approach to humor, look no further than Microsoft’s Education site. Specifically, the “competency” section for “humor.” Did you know that there are ...

"Which word is funnier: porridge or oatmeal?" This is the question one of us recently posed to the other.* Clearly, the notion was insane. Surely finding something funny requires context — a ...