Category Archives: Humor Theory

Posts wherein I ponder on the underlying things that drive humor, how it works (or doesn’t).

Flash filk is the new snowclone.

Posted on September 5, 2011 by Victoria

The other night, I found myself twitting, in that old school sense of “gently teasing”, a friend of mine about some filk she was in the middle of perpetrating with the help of my partner. Filk, for those who only … Continue reading →

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What are … snowclones?

Posted on August 22, 2011 by Victoria

I describe myself from time to time as a “Snowclone Maker”.  On the one hand, this is an accurate description of the majority of my humor.  On the other hand, it really is a big hint for all the non-linguists … Continue reading →

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