Sense of Humor

What most people say they have in abundance, but always seem to lose or forget about over the littlest things.

My annoying friends didn't get that I was just making a joke, what happened to their sense of humor?

Sense of Humor by Mmmkay December 14, 2004

sense of humor

This phrase is often misused. It means: being able to perceive comical things.

However, it is often used to accuse others of a lack thereof when the person fails to laugh at someone else's expense. Or when the person fails to laugh WITH those who are laughing AT him.

Many if not most people say "sense of humor" when they mean "C'mon, let us have a little fun at your expense."

For example, Albert falls while trying a ballet pirouette. Just because his friends find it funny doesn't mean they should laugh. Why? Because real friends spare the feelings of their friends. However, it is OK to laugh if Albert gives them permission. How does he do this? By laughing at himself first.

"Albert, that fatty, fell while trying his ballet moves. We all started laughing. He didn't laugh because he has no sense of humor."

sense of humor by José Miura June 19, 2007

Sense of humor

Having a poor sense of humor is worse than really being broke. Not taking anything seriously isn't the same thing as having a sense of humor. Being a joke isn't the same thing as being funny.

The girl had a poor sense of humor.

Sense of humor by Solid Mantis November 8, 2020

Sense of humor

The wrong people think that if you have one you're not serious, because they're not serious. They don't get what a sense of humor is, they think it is making fun of double standards and bullshit like that. A sense of humor is like common sense, it's dangerous not to have one.

The bubbly girl thought that because what she said and did was unhilarious and showed a poor sense of humor she would never admit to having, because she thought she was the funniest person in the world (because she was a narcissist) , that everybody else was like her, just as silly as her. If they said or did something that other people thought was funny or got, even if she didn't, to her it meant that the other person wasn't serious, because she wasn't serious, (she didn't hold anything sacred enough to be serious about it) so nobody else was either.

Sense of humor by The Original Agahnim June 24, 2021

Sense of humor

Stephen King calls it anger with it's make up on, so when someone is always making unhilarious attempts at humor, it's because they are silly, not angry. It's because they are the worst kind of clown, one that isn't funny.

It's better not to have any sense of humor than to make unhilarious attempts at one to be part of a group so that you don't end up alone.

Sense of humor by The Original Agahnim June 24, 2021

sense of humor cancer 

The inability to laugh, relax, take it easy, or find jokes funny. People with sense of humor cancer are typically perfectionists who never laugh. They can also appear as radical conservative assholes like Ann Coulter, or liberal hippie douchebags that have to defend everything. And if they smile at anything, it's the most vapid form of obvious humor. They take everything absolutely seriously and are usually an absolute buzzkill.

Sense of humor cancer can metastasize so badly that the victim may hate and be jealous of others who actually have a sense of humor.

"My sister lives in California, protests in demonstrations, hates all men, and never laughs at anything. I think she has sense of humor cancer."

sense of humor cancer by Android21A August 16, 2012

false sense of humor 

An inflated feeling that one has a good sense of humor because his/her significant other laughs at all of his/her jokes.

"Dude, why does Adrian think he is so funny, his jokes are lame."
"Because his girlfriend giggles at every single one of his jokes and gives him a false sense of humor."

false sense of humor by Trojan29 June 12, 2009