Humor facts for kids

Laughing or smiling often show a sense of humor and that the person is happy.

See also Comedy

Humor or humour (Greek: Χιούμορ) is the way some experiences can make people laugh or feel happy. Most people are able to be amused (laugh or smile at something funny) and have a sense of humor. You can use puns with words that sound similar but have different meanings, or a word that has two meanings. Other examples of humor are satire, saying yes or no when it is not expected, and using different kinds of logic.

People with different ages and cultures can find different things humorous. For example, adults may like satire, which children could find hard to understand.

A comedian is someone who is paid to make people laugh.

Images for kids

Humour can be a way of dealing with the menacing or unpleasant: Sprayed comment below a memorial plaque for Alois Alzheimer who first described the memory-damaging Alzheimer's disease - the German text means "Alois, we will never forget you!"
Boris Yeltsin and Bill Clinton enjoying a joke, in spite of their language differences
Richard Nixon laughing.
Surprise is a component of humour.