Humor, masculine noun with Latin origin humor, means the mood of a person or yours comic vein.
The term mood is applied to the state of mind, and for this reason it is often said that a person is in a good or bad mood.
In the realm of psychology, humor is related to a benevolent attitude that emphasizes the grotesque behavior without the frivolity of the comic or the cruelty of satire.
In the context of biology, humor refers to any fluid that normally acts in the body, especially vertebrates (bile, blood, lymph, etc.).
The humorous expression is present in Belas-Artes, as it has been sought after by plastic artists, either through caricature, or through paintings in which it takes the form of social, political or religious. In this line are several Flemish and German painters of the Renaissance: in Italy Leonardo da Vinci, who somehow is the "inventor of caricature" and later artists such as Goya, Hogart and Daumier also expressed humor in his work.
There are several humorous contents and internet pages that use the word humor as a pun, for example: "humortadela", humordido, etc. There are several other popular humor sites like college humor, 9gag, etc. A person who uses his comic streak to make other people laugh is known as a comedian.
Black humor
Black humor is a humor in which the absurd, cruel and horrifying elements predominate. It is characterized by a tendency towards the macabre and grotesque, being distinguished from the humorous and comical in that it does not admit of any conciliatory solution.
Black humor insists on the negative and absurd aspect, not admitting the humor that tends to dissolve or dilute contradictions. In black humor, cruelty coated with laughter prevails, the fatality that is possible to deter.
Jokes about other people's illnesses or deaths are categorized as black humor.
