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deadpan

[ ded-pan ]

adjective

  1. marked by or accomplished with a careful pretense of seriousness or calm detachment; impassive or expressionless:

    deadpan humor.

  2. displaying no emotional or personal involvement:

    a deadpan style.



adverb

  1. in a deadpan manner:

    He spoke his lines utterly deadpan.

verb (used with or without object)

deadpanned, deadpanning.
  1. to behave or perform in a deadpan manner.

noun

  1. a face showing no expression.
  2. a style of comedy that relies on the comedian's maintaining such a face.

deadpan

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adjective

  1. with a deliberately emotionless face or manner

    deadpan humour

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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • dead panner noun
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of deadpan1

An Americanism dating back to 1925–30; dead + pan 1 (in the slang sense “faceâ€)
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The actors "harvesting" spaghetti strands give committed performances, and the late Richard Dimbleby's deadpan narration lends an air of authenticity to the report.

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Freeman deadpanned that compared to Dodger Stadium’s four-month timeline, it took a wine cellar he installed at his home “about eight months to do, so I’m kinda confused.â€

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The deadpan humor and psychological peril of it all is handled with prickly finesse for a good while, even as the darkness begins to set in on their desires and dreams.

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“Uzo has this ability to have so much going on in complete moments of a deadpan silence,†said co-star Randall Park, who plays FBI agent Edwin Park.

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“I think because he knew he was going to be filming dinner scenes, it was making him anxious,†Blanchett deadpans.

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