Definitions for gallows humor
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Random House Webster's College Dictionary
gal′lows hu`mor(n.)
humor that treats serious, frightening, or painful subject matter in a light or satirical way.
Origin of gallows humor:
1900–05
Wiktionary
gallows humor(Noun)
Comedy that still manages to be funny in the face of, and in response to, a horrible, deathly, tragic, dramatic, perfectly hopeless situation.
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