Jokes, no matter how awkwardly funny you may find them, are always a reflection of their time. Open up a college annual from the 1920s, and what made people laugh back then will usually make ...

What's the funniest word in American English? Okay, it's "booty." But why is that funny? Nobody knows.

So it's understandable that some people may feel out-of-the-loop when it comes to Gen Z humor. Gen Z jokes are often extremely layered, which may contribute to confusion around them.

THE woman who is managing the only English periodical printed in Moscow to-day told me that American humor was responsible for what trouble she had with the censor. To the Russian, exaggeration in ...

Researchers have trained artificial intelligence to make jokes, but the advances are making many—and not just comedians—uncomfortable.