All 3 Uses
incongruity
in
The Screwtape Letters
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- The Joke Proper, which turns on sudden perception of incongruity, is a much more promising field.†
Chpt 11 *
- The first sort joke about sex because it gives rise to many incongruities: the second cultivate incongruities because they afford a pretext for talking about sex.†
Chpt 11
- The first sort joke about sex because it gives rise to many incongruities: the second cultivate incongruities because they afford a pretext for talking about sex.†
Chpt 11
Definitions:
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(1)
(incongruity) the quality of being out of place
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)