spotted this sign in South Portland, Maine. (Chris Poulin) Chris Poulin of Marblehead, Mass., the latest winner of our funny sign contest ... washpost.com with “Sign Language” in the subject ...

things that are universally funny.” Westbury and his co-author, Geoff Hollis, had participants rate the comedic value of 4,997 words from the English language. This allowed them to determine ...

"Booty" is one of the funniest words in the English language, according to a new study ... Theories about what makes something funny have ranged the gamut, with some positing that there's ...

Focusing more on Callis’ facial expressions than her words is classic marginalization of the Deaf community. The first and most common mistake that people make about sign language is that it’s ...

Browse through a gluppity-glup Dr. Seuss book or the frabjous poetry of Lewis Carroll and you’ll find words that are simply funny, regardless of their meaning or context. So why are some ...