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gallows humor
noun
- humor that treats serious, frightening, or painful subject matter in a light or satirical way.
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Origin of gallows humor1
First recorded in 1900–05
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But Ghaddar countered with some gallows humor.
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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.
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It’s a gallows humor with a dark edge.
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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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Memegen has been a place for employees to offer blunt critiques of their bosses, to share gallows humor about job cuts or joke about getting notes from their parents to excuse them from returning to the office after the pandemic.
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