Learn English – Better term for “intellectual jokes”

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What can you call a joke, pun, or anything funny that likely needs intelligence to get?

All I can come up with is intellectual jokes; is there another word for this? A one-word answer would be great.

Best Answer

I would call that cerebral humor. Dennis Miller is fairly cerebral.

Merriam Webster (above link) even uses that as an example usage of the word.

He's a very cerebral comedian.