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What do you call faking to speak a foreign language?

single-word-requests humor

What does the phrase "never the mane shall tweet" mean?

meaning jokes humor

Is there an expression that describes looking for something that probably isn't there, or looking in unlikely places for a solution [duplicate]

phrases phrase-requests idioms expression-requests humor

Couldn't understand the humour

meaning meaning-in-context humor jokes

Where is the word play in this dialog?

meaning slang humor

How would a native speaker react to the proverbial phrase: "Life is lethal"?

translation proverbs humor german

Is there a word to describe mocking a list by extending it?

meaning humor rhetorical-devices

Word for a phrase that by ambiguity could be accidentally self-deprecating

single-word-requests literary-techniques humor literary-device irony

Is there a word or phrase for using overspecific, incorrect language intentionally?

single-word-requests phrase-requests humor rhetorical-devices

"...Batman is the personality-shelf where Bruce Wayne stores the crazy-plates..." - is this just a metaphor, or is it something else?

metaphors terminology humor

Humour through repeated use of a construct, with a final variation?

construction humor anacoluthon

Intentional double negation

negation figures-of-speech humor

What does “Stick it up one’s jumper” mean? Why is it funny?

meaning phrases humor

First communion, then communism?

Starts with N ends in O.... means Yes [closed]

single-word-requests vocabulary humor

Meaning of "That's Easy for You to Say" in a Specific Context

phrases meaning-in-context humor

Is there a specific term for humourous repetition where the repeated thing is only funny through context?

Is there a term for reversing phrases, usually for comedic effect?

humor rhetorical-devices

"Analogy is the Delaware of Cognition"

What is it called when someone uses a slightly absurd specific example of something to be humorous?

humor rhetorical-devices