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Noun: gallows humour
Usage: Brit, Cdn (US: gallows humor)
  1. Comedy that makes light of death or other serious matters
    "The soldiers used gallows humour to cope with the stress of combat";
    - gallows humor [US]

Derived forms: gallows humours

Encyclopedia: Gallows humour