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  2. Sardarji joke - Wikipedia

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    A category of Sardar jokes is the "12 o'clock jokes, " implying that Sikhs are in their senses only at night. Preetinder Singh explains the origin of the "12 o'clock joke" as follows: [17] The real reason for the association of "12 o'clock" with Sikhs comes from Nadir Shah's invasion of India.

  3. Japanese wordplay - Wikipedia

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    [7] [8] In Initial D, Rin Hojo's Nissan Skyline GT-R R32 has the number 37654 on its license plate, befitting his nickname of "Shinigami". In Taiko no Tatsujin, a rhythm game, there is a song called 万戈イム一一ノ十 (成仏2000, Joubutsu 2000) where the lyrics "trois sept cinq six quatre" (3-7-5-6-4 in French) is sung multiple times ...

  4. The Aristocrats - Wikipedia

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    The Aristocrats. " The Aristocrats " is a taboo -defying, off-color joke that has been told by numerous stand-up comedians and dates back to the vaudeville era. [1] It relates the story of a family trying to get an agent to book their stage act, which is remarkably vulgar and offensive. The punch line reveals that they incongruously bill ...

  5. Joke - Wikipedia

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    A joke is a display of humour in which words are used within a specific and well-defined narrative structure to make people laugh and is usually not meant to be interpreted literally. [1] It usually takes the form of a story, often with dialogue, and ends in a punch line, whereby the humorous element of the story is revealed; this can be done ...

  6. Colored people's time - Wikipedia

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    Colored people's time. Colored People's Time (also abbreviated to CP Time or CPT) is an American expression referring to African Americans as frequently being late. [1][2][3][4][5][6] It claims that African Americans can have a relaxed or indifferent view of punctuality, which leads to them being labeled as lazy or unreliable. [7][8][9][1 ...

  7. Pun - Wikipedia

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    Punch, 25 February 1914.The cartoon is a pun on the word "Jamaica", which pronunciation [dʒəˈmeɪkə] is a homonym to the clipped form of "Did you make her?". [1] [2]A pun, also known as a paronomasia in the context of linguistics, is a form of word play that exploits multiple meanings of a term, or of similar-sounding words, for an intended humorous or rhetorical effect. [3]

  8. Seven dirty words - Wikipedia

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    [8] [9] The FCC has never maintained a specific list of words prohibited from the airwaves during the time period from 6 am to 10 pm. The seven dirty words have been assumed to be likely to elicit indecency-related action by the FCC if uttered on a TV or radio broadcast, and thus the broadcast networks generally censor themselves with regard to ...

  9. Knock-knock joke - Wikipedia

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    Knock-knock. Language (s) English. The knock-knock joke is an audience-participation joke ending with a pun; a knock-knock joke is primarily a child's joke, though there are exceptions. The scenario is of a person knocking on the front door to a house. The teller of the joke says, "Knock, knock!"; the recipient responds, "Who's there?"