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The [[perception of time]] is shortened when one is "having fun".<ref>{{cite pmid|20424031}}</ref> |
The [[perception of time]] is shortened when one is "having fun".<ref>{{cite pmid|20424031}}</ref> |
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You wouldn't know fun if it raped you repeatedly and threw your body in the lake -.- |
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==Etymology== |
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The original meaning of "fun" relates to a [[hoax]] or [[practical joke]],<ref>[http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?search=fun&searchmode=none Online Etymology Dictionary]</ref> a meaning still retained in the phrase "to poke fun at". |
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==See also== |
==See also== |
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Revision as of 03:56, 14 March 2011
Fun is the enjoyment of pleasure and, according to Johan Huizinga, "an absolutely primary category of life, familiar to everybody at a glance right down to the animal level."[1] Fun may be encountered in many human activities during work, social functions, recreation and play, and even seemingly mundane activities of daily living. The distinction between enjoyment and fun is difficult to articulate but real,[2] fun being a more spontaneous, playful, and active event.
Fun can also refer to the activity itself that is enjoyable, thus "skiing is fun", however, a bad fall may "take the fun out of skiing".
The perception of time is shortened when one is "having fun".[3]
You wouldn't know fun if it raped you repeatedly and threw your body in the lake -.-
See also
Definitions from Wiktionary
Media from Commons
Quotations from Wikiquote
References
- ^ Bruce C. Daniels. Puritans at Play. Leisure and Recreation in Colonial New England. St. Martin's Press, New York, 1995. p. xiii. ISBN 0-312-12500-3.
- ^ Alan Dix. "Fun Systematically" (PDF). Retrieved November 1, 2010.
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