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Singular laughter

Plural usually uncountable; plural laughters

laughter (usually uncountable; plural laughters)

  1. The sound of laughing, produced by air so expelled; any similar sound.
    Their loud laughter betrayed their presence
  2. A movement (usually involuntary) of the muscles of the laughing face, particularly of the lips, with a peculiar expression of the eyes, indicating merriment, satisfaction or derision, and usually attended by a sonorous and interrupted expulsion of air from the lungs.
    • The act of laughter, which is a sweet contraction of the muscles of the face, and a pleasant agitation of the vocal organs, is not merely, or totally within the jurisdiction of ourselves. - Sir Thomas Browne
    • Archly the maiden smiled, and with eyes overrunning with laughter - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
  3. (archaic) A reason for merriment
  4. (Can we verify this sense?) (slang) A decidedly one-sided sports contest, especially where the winning team is able to score at will.
    The final score of the football game was 70-0; what a laughter it was.

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From Wiktionary under the GNU Free Documentation License.
Wed Mar 3 14:24:54 2010

Laughter is an audible expression or the appearance of happiness, or an inward feeling of joy (laughing on the inside). It may ensue (as a physiological reaction) from jokes, tickling or other stimuli. It is in most cases a very pleasant sensation.

Laughter is found among various animals, as well as in humans. Among the human species, it is a part of human behaviour regulated by the brain, helping humans clarify their intentions in social interaction and providing an emotional context to conversations. Laughter is used as a signal for being part of a group — it signals acceptance and positive interactions with others. Laughter is sometimes seemingly contagious, and the laughter of one person can itself provoke laughter from others as a positive feedback. This may account in part for the popularity of laugh tracks in situation comedy television shows.

Scientifically speaking, laughter is caused by the epiglottis constricting the larynx. The study of humor and laughter, and its psychological and physiological effects on the human body is called gelotology.

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Sun Feb 14 07:29:41 2010

How does one gain a unique anatomy of Laughter inside oneself?
Q. Laughter is the best Medicine. But to complete from small to bigger cycles of Laughter would need meaning and humour, getting better and better each time. The result would be relaxation: a relaxed body and a relaxed state-of-mind, not forgetting emotions. What do you think about Laughter and how it works?
Asked by simeonfreed - Sat Aug 18 17:39:11 2007 - - 6 Answers - 0 Comments

A. Every situation is not without humor. You have to learn how to identify the humor in situations. Once done you can look anything in the face and smile.
Answered by patti duke - Sat Aug 18 17:48:51 2007

How come tv comedies dont have crowd laughter in the background anymore?
Q. Watching older shows like sienfield and friends I noticed that comedies no longer use the background laughter. Anyone else notice that, why dont they have that anymore?
Asked by Shuttle - Sat Oct 3 00:26:22 2009 - - 2 Answers - 0 Comments

A. Some do & some don't . As someone else said it depends whether or not it's taped b4 a "live" studio audience or "canned laughter" you can tell the difference LOL. I hated whenever a couple would kiss on old 80's shows like Facts of Life, Different Strokes or Cheers or Saved By the Bell & you'd hear "whooo". Now it's no big deal when two people kiss or make out even LOL.
Answered by Senator Padme Amidala Skywalker - Sat Oct 3 01:06:32 2009

Does anyone have any ideas of what I can write in my speech on Laughter?
Q. So far I am talking about tickling, smiling, and that laughter is healthy for us.
Asked by Brianna - Wed Feb 3 09:18:02 2010 - - 1 Answers - 0 Comments

A. There is a lot of scientific evidence on the benefits of laughter. Just a couple:
Answered by KenK - Wed Feb 3 10:35:20 2010

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Mirth is God's medicine. Everybody ought to bathe in it. ~ Henry Ward Beecher Without the laughter, there would be no Tao. ~ Laozi
  • You grow up the first day you have your first good laugh — at yourself.
    • Ethel Barrymore, as quoted in 1,600 Quotes & Pieces of Wisdom That Just Might Help You Out When You're Stuck in a Moment (and Can't Get Out of It!) (2003) by Gary P. Guthrie
  • Mirth is God's medicine. Everybody ought to bathe in it.
  • Whoever undertakes to set himself up as a judge of Truth and Knowledge is shipwrecked by the laughter of the gods.
    • Edmund Burke in the Preface to Brissot's Address to his Constituents (1794)
  • And if I laugh at any mortal thing, 'Tis that I may not weep.
  • No man who has once heartily and wholly laughed can be altogether irreclaimably bad.
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