| No. | Item | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | acerbic | sharp and biting |
| 2. | ad-lib | spontaneous added line |
| 3. | anecdote | a short amusing story |
| 4. | arch | playfully ironic or teasing |
| 5. | audience | people watching the performance |
| 6. | authenticity | sense of being genuine |
| 7. | awkwardness | social discomfort used humorously |
| 8. | banter | playful teasing talk |
| 9. | barbed | sharply hurtful or witty |
| 10. | bawdy | humor with sexual coarseness |
| 11. | beat | a pause or comic moment |
| 12. | bit | a short comedy routine |
| 13. | biting | harshly mocking |
| 14. | blue | sexually explicit or risqué |
| 15. | bomb | fail badly onstage |
| 16. | callback | return to an earlier joke |
| 17. | camp | deliberately exaggerated style |
| 18. | caricature | exaggerated comic portrayal |
| 19. | caustic | severely cutting in tone |
| 20. | clean | free of offensive material |
| 21. | closer | the final strong bit |
| 22. | comedian | a professional joke performer |
| 23. | comic | a comedian |
| 24. | corny | old-fashioned and cheesy |
| 25. | crowdwork | jokes with the audience |
| 26. | deadpan | emotionless comic style |
| 27. | delivery | the way material is performed |
| 28. | double entendre | phrase with two meanings |
| 29. | droll | oddly amusing in a dry way |
| 30. | dry | subtly humorous and restrained |
| 31. | edgy | pushing taste boundaries |
| 32. | embarrassment | comic personal shame |
| 33. | escalation | raising comic intensity |
| 34. | farce | wildly exaggerated comedy |
| 35. | fiasco | a ridiculous failure |
| 36. | flop | fail to entertain |
| 37. | gaffe | an embarrassing slip |
| 38. | gag | a brief comic bit |
| 39. | goof | act foolishly or jokingly |
| 40. | greenroom | performers’ waiting room |
| 41. | heckle | interrupt with taunts |
| 42. | heckler | a taunting audience member |
| 43. | honesty | truthfulness in comic voice |
| 44. | hyperbole | deliberate comic exaggeration |
| 45. | impersonation | comic imitation of a person |
| 46. | improv | unscripted comic performance |
| 47. | innuendo | suggestive indirect remark |
| 48. | joke | something said to provoke laughter |
| 49. | kill | succeed spectacularly onstage |
| 50. | lampoon | sharp comic ridicule |
| 51. | laugh | a sound of amusement |
| 52. | mic | a microphone |
| 53. | misdirection | leading attention the wrong way |
| 54. | mockery | ridicule through imitation or scorn |
| 55. | monologue | a solo spoken performance |
| 56. | mugging | exaggerated comic facial acting |
| 57. | observational | based on everyday noticing |
| 58. | one-liner | a very short joke |
| 59. | opener | the first bit performed |
| 60. | pace | speed of comic delivery |
| 61. | parody | comic imitation of style |
| 62. | pause | a deliberate brief silence |
| 63. | payoff | the earned funny result |
| 64. | persona | the stage character presented |
| 65. | presence | commanding onstage quality |
| 66. | pun | a joke on double meaning |
| 67. | punchline | the climactic funny ending |
| 68. | quip | a witty remark |
| 69. | rapport | easy connection with listeners |
| 70. | repartee | quick witty exchange |
| 71. | reversal | switching expected outcome |
| 72. | rhythm | pattern of timing |
| 73. | riff | improvised humorous commentary |
| 74. | roast | mocking tribute performance |
| 75. | room | the crowd in a venue |
| 76. | routine | a practiced performance sequence |
| 77. | sarcasm | cutting ironic mockery |
| 78. | satire | humor exposing human flaws |
| 79. | schtick | signature comic gimmick |
| 80. | send-up | a comic imitation |
| 81. | set | a performer’s routine |
| 82. | setup | the lead-in to a joke |
| 83. | sketch | a short scripted scene |
| 84. | slapstick | physical roughhouse comedy |
| 85. | spoof | a humorous send-up |
| 86. | stand-up | solo live comedy performance |
| 87. | tag | extra line after punchline |
| 88. | tease | make fun playfully |
| 89. | timing | rhythm of delivery |
| 90. | twist | a sudden change in direction |
| 91. | understatement | deliberate downplaying for effect |
| 92. | vaudeville | old variety stage entertainment |
| 93. | voice | distinct comic point of view |
| 94. | vulnerability | openness about personal weakness |
| 95. | wisecrack | a flippant funny remark |
| 96. | wit | clever verbal humor |
| 97. | wordplay | humor based on language |
| 98. | wry | dryly amused |
| 99. | zany | absurdly funny and energetic |
| 100. | zinger | a sharply funny line |
