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Ajoke is something said, written or done to make peoplelaugh. There are many kinds of jokes; they can bequestions with surprising answers orstories with unexpected endings. Thehumour of a joke comes from the surprise.
Jokes can be about anything. Jokes can be found anywhere: on theInternet, inbooks or heard from friends. Some jokes are about groups of people and can hurt people's feelings, for example if they areracist,homophobic orsexist.
Jokes are used incomedy,plays andmovies.
Jokes could take the form ofsarcasm or even try to poke fun at something to get a point across. People sometimes get hurt by jokes at them. If a joke is used to show a problem in someone's thought, it is normally calledsatire.
There are alsopractical jokes.
