A joke is something spoken, written, or done with humorous intention. Jokes may have many different forms, e.g., a single word or a gesture (considered in a particular context), a question-answer, or a whole short story. The word "joke" has a number of synonyms, including wisecrack, gag, prank, quip, jape and jest. To achieve their end, jokes may employ irony, sarcasm, word play and other devices. Jokes may have a punch line, i.e., an ending to make it humorous. A practical joke or prank differs from a spoken joke in that the major component of the humour is physical rather than verbal (for example...

NIB, nib or NiB may refer to: Nib (pen), a part of a quill, dip pen or fountain pen Nib, partially processed cocoa bean Twizzlers Nibs, a bite-size cherry-flavored licorice candy Nibs or his nibs, a term used in the card game cribbage Nibs, one of the lost boys in the book Peter Pan "New in Box" NIB or news-in-brief, a term used in journalism to denote a short news summary or a newsflash Neodymium magnet or NIB, a powerful magnet made from neodymium, iron, and boron N.I.B., a song by Black Sabbath Nib, a type of variable in PBASIC which stores Nibble values in the range of 0 to 15 Nib, the generic...