Britons find being older than 52 is nothing to laugh about because that's the age when they start becoming grumpy, according to a survey on Friday.

The poll of 2,000 Britons found those over 50 laughed far less than their younger counterparts and complained far more.

While infants laughed up to 300 times a day, that figure had fallen to an average of six laughs by teenage years and only 2.5 daily chuckles for those over 60, the survey for cable TV channel Dave found.

Men were also found to be grumpier than women.

One reason for the decline in mirth might be the lack of joke-telling skills. The study found the average Briton only knows two jokes.

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英国人依据一份调查问卷，发现52岁就是好坏脾气的分界线，主要原因是52岁之后笑点越来越高，气点越来越低，而且他们笑的频率越来越低，知道的笑话也越来越少。还有一点，就是男人比女人更容易变成坏脾气。

沪江小编：对了今天我们的核心词就是Temper 脾气。它有个近义词 Mood 代指一切情绪。

而说起“grumpy”，先不说它的中文意思，大家先看看认不认识这个人——

　　

对了，他就是迪士尼电影《The Snow White(白雪公主和七个小矮人)》中的Grumpy！中文版的译名为“爱生气”。于是，这也就是grumpy这个单词最核心最常见的意思了~