C2 · Mastery
Humor in Social Context
Analyze dry humor, irony and self-deprecation in particular situations, considering differing intentions, relationships and reactions.
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- Words & phrases
- 30
- Lessons
- 2
- Conversations
- 1
- Readings
- 1
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Words you’ll make your own.
Explore every meaning in this unit. Learn how to say it in Danish when you start.
- to joke around, to kid
- to make fun of, to mock
- crazy, wacky, zany
- hilariously absurd, off-the-wall
- a jester, a clown, a comic entertainer
- a backhanded compliment
- a deadpan remark
- cheeky, saucy, bold
- to crack up laughing, to split one's sides
- You have to be able to laugh at yourself.
- warmly humorous, gently witty (also literally 'snug, cozy')
- self-deprecating, self-ironic
- to understate, to play down
- a revue (satirical variety show)
- a revue sketch, a number in a revue
- a stand-up comedian
- quick to laugh, easily amused
- dry wit traditionally associated with Jutland
- a person who laughs easily, a giggler
- a fit of the giggles
- to keep a straight face
- in-jokey, understood only by insiders
- a dig, a jab (in passing)
- situational comedy, comedy of situation
- a lack of a sense of humor, a humor failure
- touchy, easily offended
- You shouldn't take yourself too seriously.
- a satirical show, a satire program
- to crack a joke
- lost in translation
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Your lessons, step by step.
- Lesson 1
Humor and Social Context
- Lesson 2
Explaining a Danish Joke
Where this unit fits
Courses with this unit.
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Understand Danish humor and irony, and explain words whose meanings depend on cultural context.
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