The lawyer as animal in American lawyer jokes

In the early 1980s a new joke cycle appeared in the USA, and has continued to flourish ever since. This is the lawyer joke cycle. The greatest anger and irritation in lawyer jokes is directed at the cost of lawsuits, the high income of lawyers, as well as their greed and stinginess, ignorance and s...

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Main Author: Anna T. Litovkina
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Cracow Tertium Society for the Promotion of Language Studies 2016-01-01
Series:The European Journal of Humour Research
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Online Access:https://europeanjournalofhumour.org/ejhr/article/view/132