Concept in Definition ABC
Miscellanea / / July 04, 2021
By Florencia Ucha, on Apr. 2011
According to the context in which the word is used joke You can refer different questions ...
One of the most widespread uses of the word is the one that says that a joke is the mockery, the saying or the fact that is made or said to someone with the mission of laughing at him, but without going to the extreme of causing any physical or psychological damage. That is, the latter in the ideal sense of the joke, because it should be noted that it is also common for many jokes to exceed in their limits and end up being truly cruel with their recipients, generating in them from disgust to a important sadness, if it is that it was just joked with some question that hurts or deeply moves the individual.
In the West a day has been dedicated calendar to the celebration of the joke, so that all those who like to play jokes on their friends and family can do so; This is the December 28th , Day of the Holy Innocents, in Spanish-speaking countries and on April 1 in the rest of the countries.
Meanwhile, in recent years, other dates have been incorporated in which there is a tacit license to make jokes and not get angry... in the celebration of Halloween or Halloween is a practice It is recurring that jokes are used, but yes, mostly, they should follow the inspiration of the day of celebration and be linked to terrifying issues; on someone's birthday and also at carnival.
Another variant, also very approached in the field of jokes, is that of the so-called phone prank, in which it is called by telephone someone to trick her into something and have fun with it.
On the other hand, the term joke is often used as a synonym for words fun Y joke.
Another use of the term is to refer to a type of species marine, that of bivalve molluscs (they have a shell with two lateral valves) that eat wood and they measure approximately 20 cm. They are generally found in submerged or floating wood, in estuaries and salty waters, but never in the less salty areas of the Baltic Sea.
For its part, the expression No kidding is the same to say no way.
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