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  2. Joking relationship - Wikipedia

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    Donald F. Thomson's article "The Joking Relationship and Organized Obscenity in North Queensland" gives an in-depth discussion of a number of societies where these two speech styles co-exist. [4] The joking relationships which are most unconstrained and free are between classificatory Father's Father and Son's Son—which appears to be the same ...

  3. Joke - Wikipedia

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    The context of joking in turn leads to a study of joking relationships, a term coined by anthropologists to refer to social groups within a culture who take part in institutionalised banter and joking. These relationships can be either one-way or a mutual back and forth between partners. The joking relationship is defined as a peculiar ...

  4. Sanankuya - Wikipedia

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    Sanankuya (also sanankou(n)ya, sinankun, senenkun, [1] senankuya [2]) refers to a social characteristic present especially among the Manding peoples as well as many West African societies in general, often described in English with terms such as "cousinage" or "joking relationship".

  5. Dad Keeps Joking Daughter Give Him Horrible Wine As A “Gift ...

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    The adherents of the first rightly noted the inappropriateness of repeating jokes on the same topic over and over again, and called on the author to have a serious talk with dad.

  6. Humour - Wikipedia

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    Humour (Commonwealth English) or humor (American English) is the tendency of experiences to provoke laughter and provide amusement.The term derives from the humoral medicine of the ancient Greeks, which taught that the balance of fluids in the human body, known as humours (Latin: humor, "body fluid"), controlled human health and emotion.

  7. Meghan Markle Jokes Learning to Curtsy Felt Like Being at ...

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    Putting on a show? Meghan Markle recalled feeling like a fish out of water while curtsying in front of Queen Elizabeth II for the first time. Inside Meghan Markle's Relationship With Queen ...

  8. Shuckin' and jivin' - Wikipedia

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    Shuckin' and jivin' (or shucking and jiving) is slang for joking and acting evasively in the presence of an authoritative figure. [1] It usually involves clever lies and impromptu storytelling, to one-up an opponent or avoid punishment.

  9. Serer people - Wikipedia

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    Serers and Toucouleurs are linked by a bond of "cousinage". This is a tradition common to many ethnic groups of West Africa known as Maasir (var : Massir) in Serer language (Joking relationship) or kal, which comes from kalir (a deformation of the Serer word kucarla meaning paternal lineage or paternal inheritance). This joking relationship ...