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n. - The quality of being funny; The liquid parts of the body; (Middle Ages) one of the four fluids in the body whose balance was believed to determine your emotional and physical state;

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  • humour is an excellent way to make a point.
  • Your humour is a refreshing rest stop on our busy highway of genealogical data.
  • Its hilarious but the humour is arrived at by making fun of the ignorance of Americans.
  • Nevertheless, the essence of what we call humour is that amusing weaknesses should be combined with an amicable humanity.
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