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Definition
Black humor; a style of comedy that treats serious, dark, or painful subjects with grim or absurd amusement.
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How it's used
This term is borrowed directly from Western literary and film criticism to describe a specific aesthetic where tragedy and comedy intersect. It is used to label content that finds irony in grim or taboo subjects like death, illness, or societal collapse. While it sounds intellectual, it is frequently used in casual conversation when discussing movies, stand-up comedy, or dark memes.
Examples
The jokes he tells are full of black humour.
Do you like this kind of black humour?
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Common phrases
full of black humour
possessing black humour
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Grammar guides
- LocationHow to say where something is using 喺 (hai2), place words like 度, and the common coverbs that work like English prepositions.
- Serial verbsStringing two or more verbs together without any joining word, like go to the shop buy things. Extremely common in Cantonese.
- 將 disposalHow to move the object in front of the verb with 將, to focus on what happens to it. Common in instructions and writing.
