Table 2: Frequencies and Column Percentages of Humor used for 3 different Categories
|
Type of Humor |
Category |
|||
|
Dermatology |
Non-Dermatology |
Psychiatry |
Total |
|
|
Satire |
65 |
6 |
66 |
137 |
|
Exaggeration |
28 |
29 |
14 |
71 |
|
Nonsensism |
25 |
37 |
7 |
69 |
|
Sarcasm |
9 |
31 |
10 |
50 |
|
Silliness |
14 |
26 |
0 |
40 |
|
Understatement |
2 |
20 |
12 |
34 |
|
Irony |
10 |
6 |
7 |
23 |
|
Blunder |
9 |
8 |
3 |
20 |
|
Hyperbole |
7 |
3 |
1 |
11 |
|
Caricature |
9 |
1 |
0 |
10 |
|
Repetition |
4 |
1 |
1 |
6 |
|
Scatological |
4 |
0 |
1 |
5 |
|
Wordplay |
2 |
0 |
3 |
5 |
|
Schaudenfreude |
4 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
|
Epigram |
2 |
0 |
2 |
4 |
|
Repartee |
1 |
2 |
0 |
3 |
|
Banter |
2 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
|
Personification |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
Pun |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
Slanting |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
Tall Tale |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
Total |
201 |
170 |
127 |
498 |