Abstract

                                Wit or humour can be defined as an expression of man or woman, in the simplest form possible which produces the highest state of excitement and a general pleasure. It goes also by the name of TIT BIT. Tit has practically no meaning by itself but when combined with BIT it assumes a unique prominence. Wit without sense is like a razor without a handle. Brevity is the soul of wit. It is generally believed that the human characteristics are governed by certain humours in the body. A man may be soft or angry, jovial or serious, happy or gloomy. These traits of character are attributed to the predominance of the particular kind of humour responsible for it. If the humour responsible for a particular humour is dominant over the other humours in the he body, body. he or she is said to be a wit. Witticisms are of different kinds. Some may produce peals of laughter, some others merely a laugh, still others only a smile and lastly there are certain kinds of homour which provoke anger.

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