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gallows humor |
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gallows humor, n a dark or morbid sense of humor unique to people who deal with suffering and tragedy—for example, patients who are terminally ill joking about their illness or death as a means of coping with the illness. 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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