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humorist

[hyoo-mer-ist, yoo-] / ˈhju mər ɪst, ˈju- /


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Judith Viorst, 94, author and humorist, tackles how to age well in her latest book, offering lessons from her own life and fellow oldsters on making meaning in later life, even as much slips away.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 31, 2025

He started his career as a vaudeville performer and was a famed humorist.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 8, 2025

“When I was a teenager, every girl in the entire Western world wore a poodle skirt,” the humorist Erma Bombeck wrote in a 1984 column.

From New York Times Mar. 4, 2024

In a recent essay at the New York Times, author and humorist David Kamp engaged in some critical self-reflection about the wisdom of making fun of Donald Trump in a time of such peril.

From Salon Feb. 9, 2024

It had to do with the death of Josh Billings, the great humorist.

From "Cannery Row" by John Steinbeck




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