humorist

Noun

Meaning

One who attributes diseases of the state of the humors.

One who has some peculiarity or eccentricity of character, which he indulges in odd or whimsical ways.

One who displays humor in speaking or writing; one who has a facetious fancy or genius; a wag; a droll.

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It's easy being a humorist when you've got the whole government working for you. Will Rogers

The wit makes fun of other persons; the satirist makes fun of the world; the humorist makes fun of himself, but in so doing, he identifies himself with people - that is, people everywhere, not for the purpose of taking them apart, but simply revealing their true nature. James Thurber

You've got to be (an) optimist to be a Democrat, and you've got to be a humorist to stay one. Will Rogers

Someone who makes you laugh is a comedian. Someone who makes you think and then laugh is a humorist. George Burns

Wit - the salt with which the American humorist spoils his intellectual cookery by leaving it out. Ambrose Bierce

Humor has to surprise us; otherwise, it isn't funny. It's a death knell for a writer to be labeled a humorist because then it's not a surprise anymore. Garrison Keillor

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