Gallows Humor Definition

noun
Humorous treatment of a grave or dire situation.
American Heritage
Amused cynicism by one facing disaster; morbid or cynical humor.
Webster's New World

(US, idiomatic) Comedy that still manages to be funny in the face of, and in response to, a horrible, deathly, tragic, dramatic, perfectly hopeless situation.

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