Uncle's jokes about Japan are also cold jokes.

[Edit this paragraph] Definition of cold jokes

In English, this is called a bad joke or a cold joke.

Definition: 1: It means that this person is quite calm and basically expressionless. After listening to it, the listener should be stunned and think about it before he feels funny.

Definition 2: Cold jokes generally go beyond conventional thinking, do not conform to logic and real life, and make people feel dumbfounded; Although some cold jokes are quite funny, they will not laugh like those who listen to "normal" jokes anyway; A joke that is not funny at all, a boring joke, can achieve the purpose of mental relaxation, because such jokes are not easy to understand; Brainstorming is a cold joke. Especially idioms borrowed from homophones and English, as well as puzzles such as peanuts and recent flowers.

Definition 3: Cold jokes are actually jokes that are not funny at all. They are boring jokes, but they can achieve the purpose of mental relaxation, because they are easy to understand without thinking, but they can have a long aftertaste.

Definition 4: Cold jokes refer to jokes that make people feel different from ordinary jokes and are difficult to laugh because of homophonic words, translation, subject ellipsis, logic, judgment, special content and other reasons, or because of the performer's tone or expression. A cold joke doesn't mean it's not funny, it's also a manifestation of humor. Sometimes a cold joke is not funny, which is also one of the jokes.

Definition 5: Cold jokes (Hong Kong is called bad gag, Taiwan Province is called bad stem) are a kind of failed jokes. It means that the original funny joke can't achieve the funny purpose and it's hard to make people laugh, but it doesn't mean that the joke itself is boring because of homophonic words, translation, subject omission, different logic, special judgment and content, or because of the performer's tone or expression. Nowadays, most people laugh when they hear cold jokes, and sometimes they make a gesture of hugging their arms: "It's so cold!" " Or words and expressions related to cold semantics, such as chills, temperature, air conditioning or hot weather.

Some cold jokes are just because of performance problems. After redesigning the performance, many nuances can be found. Sometimes suggesting that a cold joke is not funny is another joke (and at the same time, it is simple and good to reverse the atmosphere). Cold jokes are now widely popular in the internet, BBS, TV programs (variety shows), books, magazines and other media, and there are many experts in cold jokes.

Because the second half of a cold joke is always unexpected, people who have a positive view on it get colder and colder. The reason is that the second half of a cold joke is always unexpected to the listener. The listener always implies that "the second half of a cold joke can't be guessed", but people's curiosity keeps the listener guessing. The final result is the lengthening or deepening of the thinking process of "concentration and deliberation". (Note: This situation is based on the listener's positive attitude towards cold jokes. )

Because most of the cold jokes are boring, with various contents and little practical significance, the more people listen to them, the less they catch a cold. The reason is contrary to the above situation, which is unexpected by the listener. When the listener holds a negative attitude towards the cold joke, after listening to the first half, the listener will psychologically suggest that the joke will have an extremely boring and not funny "second half". At this time, the listener will not be curious about this topic, and at the same time will not pay attention to this joke. The result is that the thinking process of "concentration and thinking input" is shortened or not. At this time, the listener will not feel cold, but will find the person who tells cold jokes bored and idle. (Note: This situation is based on the listener's negative attitude towards cold jokes. )

Generally speaking, a cold joke is actually a joke that is not funny at all, a boring joke, but it can achieve the purpose of mental relaxation, because it is not brainy to understand.

Cold jokes generally go beyond conventional thinking, do not conform to logic and real life, and make people feel dumbfounded. Although some cold jokes are quite funny, in any case, they don't laugh like people who listen to "normal" jokes. Brain teasers are one kind of cold jokes. (especially idioms that borrow homophonic and English, and puzzles like peanuts and recent flowers)

At present, this is just a personal guess about the principle of cold jokes.

[Edit this paragraph] The origin of speculation

It is said that the word cold joke comes from such a classic cold joke: one day the little penguin asked his grandmother, "grandma, grandma, am I a penguin?" "Yes, of course you are a penguin." The little penguin asks his father again, "Dad, Dad, am I a penguin?" "Yes, you are a penguin. What's wrong? " "But, but why do I feel so cold?"

There is another version: A polar bear stays in a daze on the ice, and when he is really bored, he begins to pull out his own hair, one ... two ... three ... and there is no last one left, and suddenly he screams, "It's so cold! ! "People will tell this joke: It's cold. Then slowly, the word "cold joke" came into being.

[Edit this paragraph] Pragmatic analysis of Chinese cold jokes

In recent years, a new language phenomenon-cold jokes has become popular on the Internet. Cold jokes are the linguistic reflection of postmodernism. Starting from the relationship between cold jokes and humor, this paper makes a simple definition of cold jokes-cold jokes are different from humor and have their own characteristics. On this basis, they are classified according to different laughing mechanisms, and try to interpret the laughing mode of cold jokes.

Pragmatic features of humor

Whether a cold joke belongs to humor, we should study the attributes of humor and see what characteristics humor has and what pragmatic effect it achieves. As for humor, Ci Hai is defined as follows: "... usually through humor, pun, satire, homophonic, exaggeration and other means, shortcomings and advantages, defects and perfection, absurdity and rationality, stupidity and vigilance are quietly integrated." In this unity of opposites, we can see profound significance or self-deprecating wisdom. " In other words, the core of humor is absurd, illogical or contrary to expectations to some extent. From the pragmatic point of view, it often leads to the deviation between the listener's initial understanding and the speaker's intention, and the charm of humor is contained in it.

Judging from the speaker's intention, humor is to entertain the listener, make the listener feel funny, and then laugh, make the speaker active or attract attention.

Characteristics of cold jokes

Compared with humor, cold jokes have their own characteristics, which reflect the difference from internal contradictions to intentions.

Semantic and rhetorical features of cold jokes. Before discussing the characteristics of cold jokes, let's take a look at the following cold jokes.

One day, there was a fudge walking in the street. As she was walking, she suddenly said, "Oh, dear! My legs are so soft! "

From the conventional point of view, such words are obviously ridiculous, which is obviously different from sincere words based on daily information exchange. From the perspective of rhetoric, most cold jokes only use personification, some mainly use homophonic rhetoric, and some are ordinary narrative language, while a considerable part of humor relies on the use of rhetoric to achieve the purpose of creating semantic conflicts. In addition, the cold jokes did not produce strong semantic conflict, which shows that semantic conflict is not a means to make people laugh, nor is it a deliberate effect. So how do cold jokes make laughter? In the third point, we will discuss its laughing mode.