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humor
n 1: a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity
has the power to evoke laughter [syn: {wit}, {humor},
{humour}, {witticism}, {wittiness}]
2: the trait of appreciating (and being able to express) the
humorous; "she didn't appreciate my humor"; "you can't
survive in the army without a sense of humor" [syn: {humor},
{humour}, {sense of humor}, {sense of humour}]
3: a characteristic (habitual or relatively temporary) state of
feeling; "whether he praised or cursed me depended on his
temper at the time"; "he was in a bad humor" [syn: {temper},
{mood}, {humor}, {humour}]
4: the quality of being funny; "I fail to see the humor in it"
[syn: {humor}, {humour}]
5: (Middle Ages) one of the four fluids in the body whose
balance was believed to determine your emotional and physical
state; "the humors are blood and phlegm and yellow and black
bile" [syn: {humor}, {humour}]
6: the liquid parts of the body [syn: {liquid body substance},
{bodily fluid}, {body fluid}, {humor}, {humour}]
v 1: put into a good mood [syn: {humor}, {humour}]
See also:
- All About Deselection (a.k.a. Weeding) for Libraries - Tongue-in-cheek checklist.
- Biblia's Warrior Librarian Weekly - Satirical electronic journal featuring original library humor.
- Conan the Librarian - Conan inhabits the mythical Information Age, where he is a typical reference librarian. His world nevertheless bears some strange similarities to our own. From the Minnesota Association of Law Libraries.
- The Driving Insane - This weblog provides a glimpse into the alternate, semi-psychotic universe of the local public library (with some forays into the outside world.)
- Great Moments in the History of Technical Services - From 4362 B.C. to 1920.
- Hypatia's Humorous Library Tales - Such categories as Strange Items Found in Books, Weird Patrons, and Creepy Crawlies.
- I am the Very Model of Computerized Librarian - Gilbert and Sullivan parody, lyrics by Diane M. O’Keefe, MSLS, and Janet T. O’Keefe, MLS.
- Interstitial Library - An infinite collection of books–obscure, lost, or not yet written–that belong in the spaces between the books on a library shelf. Frequently asked questions, history of the collection, and how to participate.
- The Laughing Librarian - Huge collection of links, Zen koans, bookmarks and signs, sig file quotes.
- Librarian Avengers - Commentary on libraries and librarians including why one should fall to his knees and worship librarians.
- Librarian's Lao-Tzu: The Book of the Library and Its Ways - Lao Tzu, the reputed author of the work, was a librarian. This is the first attempt by a fellow librarian to translate the Tao te Ching.
- Library Books 4U - Stories and quotes about libraries.
- Library Cartoons - An annotated bibliography of cartoons dealing with aspects of librarianship.
- Library Humor - Original comedy pieces, including "Top Ten Job Ad Mistakes" and "Nancy Drew in Library School."
- Library Humor - Humorous stories and cartoons about libraries, librarians, and related topics.
- Library Humour - IFLA collection of library humour. Includes such categories as Library Laws (with apologies to Murphy), Lightbulb Jokes, and Perfect Excuses.
- LibraryBliss.com - Selection of jokes.
- The Lighter Side of Librarianship - Links to a variety of entertaining library- or book-related resources, including the Book Game, Wordplay, library records, and others.
- The Lipstick Librarian - She's bold, she's sassy, she's helpful.
- Peep Research - Research into the information literacy skills of Peeps. Includes detailed documentation and pictures on this special population of Easter candy.
- Unshelved - Daily comic strip set in a public library.
- Tom the Dancing Bug - Ruben Bolling's Tom the Dancing Bug considers the possibilities of the public library. From Salon.com. (August 24, 2000)
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