Browse joke devices
Jokes by the trick that makes them land: puns, misdirection, exaggeration and the rest of the comedian's toolbox.
Set up like a joke, punchline is deliberately mundane or literal.
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Punchline references something earlier in the joke.
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Impeccable reasoning to a ridiculous conclusion.
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Second meaning is risqué.
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Sound-alike words (a sub-kind of pun: 'bear'/'bare').
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Outcome is the opposite of what's expected or stated.
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Taking a figure of speech literally.
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The joke is about jokes or about itself.
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Setup leads to one expectation; punchline swerves.
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Humour from a word with two meanings or two words that sound alike.
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Roles or expectations flipped.
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Two normal items, third breaks the pattern.
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Joke's form illustrates its content ('I'd tell you a UDP joke…').
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Trades on a trait attributed to a group. Pairs with sensitive:stereotype.
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