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laughter club

British  

noun

  1. a group of people who meet regularly to take part in communal laughing for therapeutic effect

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"I've had people say to me after Laughter Club, 'I didn't even think about cancer for the last hour,'" she says.

From US News

Once, she says, an 8-year-old girl whose mother was a patient came to Laughter Club and reported back: "I didn't know you could still laugh when you're feeling sad."

From US News

Julie Gum stumbled into her first laughter club meeting earlier this year after seeing a sign in the library.

From Seattle Times

In addition to attending club meetings, people can go through a two-day course to become certified laughter club leaders through various laugh organizations: followthelaughter.com, laughteryoga.org or worldlaughtertour.org.

From Seattle Times

Dr. Madan Kataria, 45, explains that when he started his first laughter club in 1995 after reading about the medical benefits of a good giggle, he ran out of funny stories in a week.

From Time Magazine Archive