22-01-21 He could drive well, when he kept the speed reasonable, I had to admit. Like so many things, it seemed to be effortless to him. He barely lookedat the road, yet the tires never deviated so much as a centimeter fromthe center of the lane. He drove on...

21-01-09 曾经人们羞于暴露自己的短板，而如今自黑却成为一种风尚。生活中，适度的自黑是一个人智慧的体现，也是一种乐观心态的表达。自黑，网络流行语，即自我解嘲的意思，可以翻译为self-deprecate或self-mockery。 例句： 他受欢迎很大程度上是源于他的自黑式幽默。 His popu...

16-08-12 Dad jokes refer to a variety of failed attempts at humor made by fathers, embarassingly bad jokes that they didnt realize themselves. Dad jokes指老爸们想要表现一下幽默却导致冷场的笑话，讲得不好笑却不自知的笑话，好尴尬。即老爸笑话。 While the exact o...

15-07-23 One of the requirements of every commencement speaker is that they offer some advice. Well, get ready, here it comes. Soon you will be leaving the company of those who think they have all the answers-your professors, instructors and counselors-and g...

15-01-14 While driving in Pennsylvania, a family caught up to an Amish carriage. The owner of the carriage obviously had a sense of humor, because attached to the back of the carriage was a hand printed sign...Energy efficient vehicle: Runs on oats and grass...

14-04-25 One of my favorite teachers at Southeast Missouri State University in Cape Girardeau is known for his droll sense of humor. Explaining his ground rules to one freshman class, he said, Now I know my lectures can often be dry and boring, so I don't mi...

14-02-25 Gallows humor is humor in the face of or about very unpleasant, serious, or painful circumstances. Any humor that treats serious matters, such as death, war, disease, crime, etc., in a light, silly or satirical fashion is considered gallows humor. G...

13-09-02 An in-joke , also known as an inside joke or in joke, is a joke whose humor is clear only to people who are in a particular social group, occupation, or other community of common understanding; an esoteric joke. It is humorous only to those who know...

10-08-10 What makes something funny? Philosophers have been tossing（抖动，摇动） that question around since Plato. Now two psychological scientists think they've come up with（提出，想出） the formula: humor comes from a violation or threat to the way the w...

09-10-17 2009年的搞怪诺贝尔奖颁奖典礼10月1日在哈佛大学举行，真正的诺贝尔奖获得者到场颁奖。搞怪诺贝尔奖是由科学幽默杂志《不可能研究年鉴》创立的，今年已经是第19届了。今年获奖的另类科学研究包括：可以迅速改装为防毒面罩的胸罩、有名字的奶牛比未起名的奶牛产奶量高、...