HUMOR LEXICON - GELOTOLOGY

GELOTOLOGY - The study of humor and laughter, from the Greek gelos, laughter


This is taken from an article in CALIFORNIA magazine March/April 2009 had a brief alphabetical Humor Lexicon, author doesn't appear.

HUMOR LEXICON WELLERISM

WELLERISM: After the character San Weller in Charles Dickens's The Pickwick Papers, combining a common expression with a facetious sequel.

i.e "It all comes back to me now," said the Captain as he spat into the wind."

This is taken from an article in CALIFORNIA magazine March/April 2009 had a brief alphabetical Humor Lexicon, author doesn't appear.

HUMOR LEXICON MARGINALIA

MARGINALIA: The stuff written in margins of books, often by way of sly commentary - or criticism, such as, "In case of fire, throw this in."

This is taken from an article in CALIFORNIA magazine March/April 2009 had a brief alphabetical Humor Lexicon, author doesn't appear.