Office humor

Office humor

Office Humor generally refers to sarcastic, funny, and or witty comments, commentary or depictions of and about common white-collar office working environments. The modern offices' environment has been a source of comedy ever since the rise of white-collar jobs. The term, however, was coined in the 1990s when office humor became particularly prevalent and started being the sole focus of some comedic work. It is now represented in comic strips (Dilbert, Help Desk (webcomic), Sosiaalisesti rajoittuneet), movies (Office Space), and TV series (The Peter Principle, The Office). Office humor comes in many forms. No matter the format, medium or genre, it usually pokes fun at the boss, the customer, or co-workers. Office humor must be directed at the aforementioned targets, the office itself, or circumstances that only someone involved with the office, or offices in general can relate to. Simply being funny at work does not constitute office humor.


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Поможем написать курсовую

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Office Pirates — was a website for young men focused on mainly satirical humor, as it relates to Corporate America, a daily blend of funny videos, strange news and downloads, rolled up in an office themed wrapper .[1] The site was under the ownership of Time Inc… …   Wikipedia

  • Office Assistant — Clippit asking if the user needs help The Office Assistant was a Microsoft Office feature to assist users by way of an interactive animated character, which interfaced with the Office help content. It used technology initially from Microsoft Bob… …   Wikipedia

  • Office — For other uses, see Office (disambiguation). Office work …   Wikipedia

  • Office copies — Copy Cop y (k[o^]p [y^]), n.; pl. {Copies} ( [i^]z). [F. copie, fr. L. copia abundance, number, LL. also, a transcript; co + the root of opes riches. See {Opulent}, and cf. {Copious}.] 1. An abundance or plenty of anything. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • The Office (US TV series) season 1 — infobox tvseason season name = The Office Season 1 caption = Tagline: An NBC comedy not for everyone. Just anyone that works. dvd release date = August 16, 2005 Region 1April 10, 2006 Region 2 dvd format = Widescreen Anamorphic boxed set country …   Wikipedia

  • Roy Anderson (The Office) — Office character box name = Roy Anderson caption = portrayer = David Denman debut = Pilot departure = The Negotiation cause/reason = Fired after trying to attack Jim Halpert. gender = Male occupation = Former Dunder Mifflin Scranton warehouse… …   Wikipedia

  • Holly Flax (The Office) — Office character box name = Holly Flax caption = portrayer = Amy Ryan debut = Goodbye, Toby departure = alias = Hollygram gender = Female age = born = occupation = Human Resources Representative parent(s) = spouse = child(ren) = sibling(s) =… …   Wikipedia

  • American humor — refers collectively to the conventions and common threads that tie together humor in America. It is often defined in comparison to the humor of another country for example, how it is different from British humour or Canadian humour. It is… …   Wikipedia

  • Michael Scott (The Office) — Michael Gary Scott The Office character Steve Carell as Michael Scott First appearance Pilot Last appearance …   Wikipedia

  • Englischer Humor — Der britische Humor (seltener auch englischer Humor) ist eine Variante des Humors, die ihren Ursprung in Großbritannien hat. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 Beschreibung 2 Weitere moderne Beispiele 3 Literatur 4 Weblinks // …   Deutsch Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”