[sayit block=”1″ lang=”en-GB” speed=”1″]gallows humor[/sayit]
“Gallows Humor”
Meaning:
Humor that aims to make grim subjects, like death, funny or comical. (A “gallows” is the wooden frame from which criminals were traditionally hanged.) A: “Why would he say a morbid thing like that?” B: “Oh, that’s just how Uncle Ned is—he’s prone to gallows humor.”