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Berkeley hummer 

A person, often of elitist persuasion, often women, who maximizes the duration of words while minimizing the duration of spaces between words because: (a) the person wishes to prevent interruption during speech, and/or (b) the person requires more time to create connecting sentences due to the influence of mind-altering chemicals, such as marijuana.

Related to: ummer
While narrating classic literature for a public radio program, a Berkeley hummer from The New York Times took five minutes to read the opening line of Moby Dick, in the morning.
Berkeley hummer by Slave33 August 28, 2013
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21st Century Humor 

ayo the pizza here! oh, n word! ow, my ears burn! white people be like. then it go brap brap brap. black people be like. duggee. grubhub perks give you deals on the food you love. the kind of deals that make you *plants vs zombies victory theme* *fart noise* *taco bell noise* this n word really think he. "man licking camera* *fnaf hallway ambience sound* hellooooo i'm the nostalgia critic, i remember it so you- you give me fire, i give you rock. good deal. *gemma collins falls over* *nussy noise* *another fart noise*
that was some 21st Century Humor

Boomer Humor 

Jokes that boomers find funny that just aren’t funny. Jokes that boomers make, and find really funny that make the younger generation cringe
That’s really cringe boomer humor

gallows humor 

Sense of humor that arises from stressful, traumatic or life-threatening situations where death seems to be an inevitability. Different from black humor in that comments of this sort are made by the person/persons affected (i.e. about to die).
Emissary: We will block out the sun with our arrows.
Spartan (gallows humor here): Then we will fight in the shade.
gallows humor by bobblehead bob March 11, 2007

Band Kid Humor 

A term used for outdated, unfunny, ‘le random XD’ humor. Band kids aren’t funny. If you call them out on it they begin to melt.
“Oh my god dude look at this funny vine!”
“You have band kid humor.”
“Wh-what... No! What have you done?!”

Iris Humor

Fucking with people's minds until they go insane and stab themselves.
"How that guy is a douche, I think i'll use Iris Humor on him"
Iris Humor by Clair Vaux September 7, 2013