Galgenhumorn.
/ˈɡalɡənhuːˌmɔː/ = gallows-humour n. at gallows n. Compounds 2.
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the mind > emotion > pleasure > laughter > causing laughter > [noun] > humour > specific grim
gallows-humour1901
black humour1916
Galgenhumor1948
1912 O. Onions In Accordance with Evidence 273 This galgenhumor almost mastered me as the paper again crept up to take another peep at him.
1948 H. L. Mencken Amer. Lang. Suppl. II. 727 Not a few of these terms show Galgenhumor, e.g., meat-wagon for an ambulance.
1959 Observer 26 Apr. 25/4 Berliners, with their Galgenhumor and Schnoddrigkeit.
1962 W. H. Auden Dyer's Hand (1963) 523 The Gravedigger's song in Hamlet is..an expression of the galgenhumor which suits his particular mystery.
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