comic
adjective
relating to comedy
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Relating to humour
ironic
adjective
expressing the opposite of what you really think, especially in order to be humorous
flippant
adjective
treating a serious subject or situation in a way that is not serious, especially when this annoys other people
impish
adjective
looking or behaving as though you are doing something slightly bad that people think is funny
laugh at yourself
to not be too serious or sensitive about yourself and the things that you do
can take a joke
if you can take a joke, you are able to laugh when someone makes a joke about you or does something to trick you
see the funny side of something
to realize that something bad that happens can also be funny
I love it
used for saying that you think something is funny
vocal fry
a speech habit in which a speaker lowers their voice at the end of a sentence
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a type of cart pulled by a horse and used in the past for carrying barrels of beer
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conflict mineral
a mineral which is mined in a place where there is armed conflict, and sold to help pay for weapons
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