black humor

noun

: humor marked by the use of usually morbid, ironic, grotesquely comic episodes
black-humored
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adjective
black humorist noun

Word History

Etymology

translation of French humour noir

First Known Use

1916, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of black humor was in 1916

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“Black humor.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/black%20humor. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.

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