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Off-color humor

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In some parts of the world, sexual humor in particular is known as "non-veg" humor, contrasted with the "veg" jokes that are more acceptable in polite company. The use of the term "non-veg" is probably a reference to the carnal nature of sexual humor, and can be viewed in the context of the
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content, and any topics generally considered impolite or indecent. Generally, the point of off-color humor is to induce laughter by evoking a feeling of shock and surprise in the comedian's audience. In this way, off-color humor is related to other forms of
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Most commonly labeled as "off-color" are acts concerned with sex, a particular ethnic group, or gender. Other off-color topics include violence, particularly domestic abuse; excessive swearing or
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is perhaps the most famous dirty joke in the US and is certainly one of the best-known and most oft-repeated among comedians themselves.
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was especially off-color in its early episodes, which included numerous depictions of animal cruelty. The highly praised television show
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after a stand-up performance that included off-color humor in New York City in 1964. Comedian and actor
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have used shocking content to draw attention to their criticism of social issues, especially
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also popularized the use of offensive humor, for which the show has become infamous.
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was well known in nightclubs in the 1960s and 1970s for his raunchy
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Murphy, Charles T. (1972). "Popular Comedy in Aristophanes".
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are noted for their absurdist off-color humor. The cartoon
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have used it as an effective tool for social commentary.
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and underground, and rarely heard in public. Comedian
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Americanism used to describe jokes of a vulgar nature
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Crude humour

vulgar
prose
poems
black comedy
blue comedy
insult comedy
cringe comedy
skits
profanity
toilet humor
national superiority
inferiority
pedophilic
postmodern
anti-joke
Ancient Greek comedy
Aristophanes
Euripides
low comedy
farce
William Shakespeare
innuendo
Jonathan Swift
A Modest Proposal
The Lady's Dressing Room
subversive
Lenny Bruce
obscenity

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