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gallows humor
noun as in humor derived from serious matters
Weak matches
Example Sentences
For local establishments, the newly offered specials are part gallows humor, part business gamble.
Newsrooms being breeding grounds for gallows humor, most also understand that futility is a terrific comedy catalyst.
These songs tap into the bottomless well that Mexicans have for gallows humor.
“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.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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