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Rationale of the Dirty Joke: An Analysis of Sexual Humor

By G. Legman
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By G. Legman
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Why do people tell dirty jokes?
And what is it about a joke's dirtiness that makes it funny?

G. Legman was perhaps the foremost scholar of the dirty joke, and as legions of humor writers and comedians know, his Rationale of the Dirty Joke remains the most exhaustive and authoritative study of the subject.

More than two thousand jokes and folktales are presented, covering such topics as The Female Fool, The Fortunate Fart, Mutual Mismatching, and The Sex Machine. These folk texts are a...

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HumorJokes & Riddles