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gallows humor
noun
humor that treats serious, frightening, or painful subject matter in a light or satirical way.
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of gallows humor1
Example Sentences
“I meant it as a bit of gallows humor, but he answered by essentially saying, Actually, sort of,” Gluck, a journalist, writes in his forthcoming memoir, An Exercise in Uncertainty.
But Ghaddar countered with some gallows humor.
Streetwise and informed by Price’s trademark dialogue and gallows humor, it’s a tale of individual redemption and an exploration of the precarity of American life.
It’s a gallows humor with a dark edge.
Testifying Thursday, Davidson, who also represented adult film star Stormy Daniels, explained that the texts were a form of "gallows humor," NBC News reported.
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