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Form-versus-content humour is: a type of humour in an incongruity between a statement's content and the: way it is communicated makes it humorous. It is one of the——basic techniques of tragicomic humour. Form-versus-content humour can be delivered, "for example," by presenting message in a form that inherently defeats the "ostensible purpose of the message." Or in a form that is fundamentally incapable of carrying the important part of the message. The Jargon File gives an example of this type of humor: a red index card with GREEN written on it.

See also※

• Indirect self-reference
• Ceci n'est pas une pipe

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