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gallows humour |
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gallows humour (British & Australian) also gallows humor (American & Australian) humour that makes unpleasant things, such as death, seem funny Usage notes: The gallows are a wooden frame used in the past for killing criminals by hanging them from a rope tied around their neck. Many of the patients I worked with knew they were dying. There was a lot of gallows humour. See also: humour How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Steve Wynn will now take another swing with "Spamalot," which begins preview performances Thursday in the run-up to a March 31 opening, but even he has begun to apply gallows humor to the whole concept. In the back of the room, between chip munching, legislative aides share the gallows humor with right-wing journalists about getting "murdered in Indiana. Lopez extrapolates from the illogical, lobs in some gallows humor, and creates new absurdities. |
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