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  • n  a characteristic (habitual or relatively temporary) state of feeling
  • n  a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter
  • n  (Middle Ages) one of the four fluids in the body whose balance was believed to determine your emotional and physical state
  • n  the liquid parts of the body
  • n  the quality of being funny
  • n  the trait of appreciating (and being able to express) the humorous
  • v  put into a good mood

  • Just look at the punditry; while liberals almost always use humour to sell their viewpoint, conservatives always use outrage and fact-twisting.
  • It's changed for the better, with actual clever humour instead of just using geek-speek to ridicule its characters, treating its characters with affection, finding a way to use the .
  • BTW, I am such a big fan and admirer of your legendary movie role and your fresh humour and humility outside the camera.
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  • Terry Taylor in The Canadian Press
    I also loved his wonderful sense of humour and on several occasions of our concerts with Jose Carreras - the so-called Three Tenors concerts - we had trouble remembering that we were giving a concert before a paying audience, because we had so much... Placido Domingo http://www.google.com/url?q=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pl%C3%A1cido_Domingo&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNEQ-xmLYPKr-WIZiXpCN320KMEqaA Earthtimes.org http://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/103139.html&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNHAsv8hoPmkxDn4CnsaaHq-A-SowA Sep 6, 2007 48756 65924 humour Robert was a lovely man who truly had a zest for life," Sports Editor Terry Taylor said. "He had a twinkle in his eye, a sly sense of humour and, usually, a self-deprecating remark that made him an irresistible magnet for all of us. We loved...
  • Carl Haas in Canoe.ca
    Paul and I have been partners for 26 years and I have come to know his passion, humour and, above all, his generosity,Haas said in a statement after learning of Newman's death. "Not just economic generosity, but generosity of spirit."

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