The use of humors in many different semiotic genres has increased in many contexts. The effects and roles of humors have been under serious investigation by scholars. Accordingly, through this paper, we would try to examine what are the outcomes of using humor in different semiotic genres especially in advertisements, cartoons, and memes in Iraqi EFL context. To do so, a group of 150 EFL students in Iraq have been selected to participate in the study. A questionnaire has been used along with a pre-test to collect the data of the study. The results of the obtained mean scores of the participants indicated that humors have been used widely in advertisements, but lesser in cartoon, and memes. It was indicated that the use of humors in these three types of genres relatively varied. Also, it was indicated that the use of humors was lesser in memes comparing the other genres of the study. The obtained results also indicated that the use of offensive terms was more than non-offensive terms in the genres of the study. Besides, it was indicated the use of offensive terms was more in advertisements in comparison to the other two genres.
