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gallows humor

noun

  1. humor that treats serious, frightening, or painful subject matter in a light or satirical way.



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Word History and Origins

Origin of gallows humor1

First recorded in 1900–05
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“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.

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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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