HUBRIS

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HUBRIS

• Exaggerated pride or self-confidence, presumption
  and or arrogance.
• Hubris consists in doing or saying things that
  cause shame to the victim merely for your own
  gratification.

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• In the movie A Knights Tale when Count Adhemar
  of Anjou makes fun of Sir William Thatcher
  because of his old armor.

(laughter) Look at that girls clothes, they are
so yesterday. (laughter)
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Pun

• Humorous use of a word in such a way as to
  suggest two or more of its meanings or the
  meaning of another word similar in sound.
• The annoying dermatologist was beginning to get
  under my skin.

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• Break a bone today
• and youll hurt to marrow.

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Pun

• A phrase that deliberately exploits confusion
  between similar-sounding words for humorous or
  rhetorical effect.

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Pun

• The humorous use of a word or phrase to emphasize
  or suggest its different meanings, or the use of
  words that are alike or nearly alike in sound but
  different in meaning.
• A prisoner's favorite punctuation mark is the
  period. It marks the end of his sentence
• I couldn't quite remember how to throw a
  boomerang, but eventually it came back to me.

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• I wasnt allowed to be in Star Wars, because I
  tested positive for droids.
• Did you hear about the guy who got hit in the
  head with a can of soda? He was lucky it was a
  soft drink.