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Humour & Wit
B2 · Proficient
20 cards
The English vocabulary of jokes, teasing and comic timing — banter, deadpan, punchlines and gallows humour. These are the words that make British and American comedy make sense.
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Banter Banter
😐 Deadpan Deadpan
🧠 Wit Wit
🥁 Punchline Punchline
😜 Tongue-in-cheek Tongue-in-cheek
🇬🇧 Take the mickey Take the mickey
🏜️ Dry humour Dry humour
🔁 Running gag Running gag
🤸 Slapstick Slapstick
😂 Crack up Crack up
🙇 Self-deprecating Self-deprecating
🎭 Farcical Farcical
👉 Poke fun at Poke fun at
⚡ One-liner One-liner
🤣 Hilarious Hilarious
😏 Tease Tease
🙄 Sarcasm Sarcasm
🍞 Pun Pun
⚰️ Gallows humour Gallows humour
💭 Quip Quip
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