Table 2: Frequencies and Column Percentages of Humor used for 3 different Categories  

 

 

Type of Humor

Category

Dermatology

Non-Dermatology

Psychiatry

Total

Satire

65

6

66

137

Exaggeration

28

29

14

71

Nonsensism

25

37

7

69

Sarcasm

9

31

10

50

Silliness

14

26

0

40

Understatement

2

20

12

34

Irony

10

6

7

23

Blunder

9

8

3

20

Hyperbole

7

3

1

11

Caricature

9

1

0

10

Repetition

4

1

1

6

Scatological

4

0

1

5

Wordplay

2

0

3

5

Schaudenfreude

4

0

0

4

Epigram

2

0

2

4

Repartee

1

2

0

3

Banter

2

0

0

2

Personification

1

0

0

1

Pun

1

0

0

1

Slanting

1

0

0

1

Tall Tale

1

0

0

1

Total

201

170

127

498