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What does it mean to have "a dry sense of humor"?
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yeah, basically what shortcake22 said.. like just for an example my aunt has this boyfriend who has a dry sense of humor. and what he does is he'll say something (that he thinks is funny) and keep a straight face. like once when i was at the beach with my aunt and him and my family, he came out of the ocean with seaweed in his mouth (yeah pretty nasty i know..haha) and was like what?? like pretending he didn't know it was there. and kept a straight face. people with a dry sense of humor just..you don't know if they're kidding or not. or even making a joke sometimes. because they keep a straight face. and when they say it, they just say it like..nonchalantly. lol hope i helped =]
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basically no sense of humor.
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"Actually a dry sense of humor is one that is characterized by the absence of 'slap stick' humor and more of 'tongue in cheek' humor...sort of laid back innuendo that after spoken finally 'hits' and then you laugh. It is not necessarily sarcastic but can be.
Dry humor is humor told in a “dry” way, without emotion, seriously. So you tell a joke like it’s not a joke, in a matter-of-fact kind of way."
I got that from googling it. And that's what I was always told. That its a clever, witty remark, sometimes sarcastic, that is funny, and usually told in a serious way.
My english teacher last year told us that he had a dry sense of humor. Someone asked what it was, and he basically said what that says above.
That's the only way I have ever understood it... I've never heard that it means you don't have one
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hmm, the other answers are not always correct. there are different perceptions of the dry sense of humor. a dry sense of humor means that you are funny to people who have similar senses of humor and understand your jokes, which are occasionally puns, plays on words, and intellectual jokes. when a person with a dry sense of humor, such as myself, says something funny or tells a joke, they almost never laugh. it's just funny in its own way. so while a lot of people frown upon the dry sense of humor, most likely it's just because they can't comprehend it. i have a very dry sense of humor. that doesn't mean i'm uptight- i'm probably one of the most laidback people ever. but i just don't make obnoxious jokes that are stupid. snape from harry potter doesn't have a dry sense of humor. snape just doesn't have any sense of humor. a lot of people mistake a dry sense of humor for having no sense of humor, but that is generally not the case. if somebody tells you that you have a dry sense of humor, they can mean it in a bad way or in a good way. like another columnist said, "your jokes are to litteral(spelling) and it kinda kills the joke". yes, the jokes are generally very literal and it takes somebody who can make that connection in their mind to understand and laugh at it. a person with a dry sense of humor generally makes many allusions to history, so you have to know your stuff to understand what the hell i'm talking about half the time. that's why i hang out with smart people; they understand what i'm talking about.
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it [could] mean a lot of things, but in general, it means that someone will not laugh at your jokes, and they dont make jokes... meaning them their selves they arent very funny. basically, imagine snape from harry potter haha.
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pretty much not having one at all. and if you make jokes there not really funny. Its not a compliment, sorry to say.
jess<3
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To not laugh at anything.
To not make jokes out of anything.
Basically, to have no sense of humor.
I hate people with dry senses of humor x infinity.
-Jam
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It means that you aren't that funny, you dont have a very good sense of humor.
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honostly it means like your not that funny your jokes are to litteral(spelling) and it kinda kills the joke . in other words just loosen up have fun don't be uptite about jokes if its not funny o well and if it is score !
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