Editing Off-color humor (section)

{{Short description|Americanism used to describe jokes of a vulgar nature}}
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'''Off-color humor''' (also known as '''vulgar humor''', '''crude humor''', or '''shock humor''') is humor that deals with topics that may be considered to be in poor taste or [[vulgarity|vulgar]]. Many comedic genres (including jokes, [[prose]], [[poem]]s, [[black comedy]], [[Ribaldry#Blue comedy|blue comedy]], [[insult comedy]], [[cringe comedy]] and [[Sketch comedy|skits]]) may incorporate "off-color" elements.

Most commonly labeled as "off-color" are acts concerned with sex, a particular ethnic group, or gender. Other off-color topics include violence, particularly domestic abuse; excessive swearing or [[profanity]]; [[toilet humor]]; [[Chauvinism|national superiority]] or [[Xenophobia|inferiority]], [[Pedophilia|pedophilic]] content, and any topics generally considered impolite or indecent. Generally, the point of off-color humor is to induce laughter by evoking a feeling of shock and surprise in the comedian's audience. In this way, off-color humor is related to other forms of [[postmodern]] humor, such as the [[anti-joke]].{{Citation needed|date=November 2024}}