"Let Everything Turn Well in Your Wife": Generation of Adult Humor Using Lexical Constraints

Alessandro Valitutti, Hannu Toivonen, Antoine Doucet, Jukka M. Toivanen

Abstract: We propose a method for automated generation of adult humor by lexical replacement and present empirical evaluation results of the obtained humor. We propose three types of lexical constraints as building blocks of humorous word substitution: constraints concerning the similarity of sounds or spellings of the original word and the substitute, a constraint requiring the substitute to be a taboo word, and constraints concerning the position and context of the replacement. Empirical evidence from extensive user studies indicates that these constraints can increase the effectiveness of humor generation significantly.