black humour

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Noun

black humour - the juxtaposition of morbid and farcical elements (in writing or drama) to give a disturbing effect

black humor

drama - the literary genre of works intended for the theater

expressive style, style - a way of expressing something (in language or art or music etc.) that is characteristic of a particular person or group of people or period; "all the reporters were expected to adopt the style of the newspaper"

Translations

black humour n → umorismo nero

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Black black humor blackhead drama expressive style style vein			Byline: OLIVER HOLT PAUL HART does a nice line in black humour. LAUGHTER GOOD FOR THE HART by The Mirror (London, England) President Sarkozy's remark "Laissez-faire, c'est fini", ranks as black humour in its implication that the EU with its thousands of pages of regulations and laws, contained in the Acquis Communautaire, could be equated with laissez-faire. Letter: VOICE OF THE NORTH - Time to shake off the European Union ... by The Journal (Newcastle, England) The main course saw the black humour stepped up when the macabre but comic witch, played with zest by Graham Clark hidden inside a fat suit, stole the show, leaving puppets and moving trees from the first acts in the shade. Review: Fairytale with depth and laughs; HANSEL AND GRETEL Birmingham ... by Birmingham Mail (England)			black grouse black guillemot black gum Black Hamburg Black Hamburg (grape Black Hamburg grape Black Hand black hat black haw Black Hawk black heat black hellebore black hemlock black henbane black heroin black hickory Black Hills black hole Black Hole of Calcutta black Hollander black horehound Black horse black house black huckleberry black humor black humour black ice Black Isle Black Jack Pershing Black James Whyte black japan black kite black knapweed black knight black knot black larch Black latten black lead Black lemur black letter black light black list black locust black lotion black lovage black lung black lung disease black magic black maire black mallee black mamba			Black Hole of Calcutta Black hole of Kolkata Black hole of Kolkata Black Hole Productions Black Hole Quencher Black hole radiation Black hole radiation Black Hole Sun Black Hole Tube Black holes Black holes Black Holes & Time Warps: Einstein's Outrageous Legacy Black Holes (musical equipment) Black Holes and Revelations black Hollander Black Hollywood Education and Resource Center Black Hoods black horehound black horehounds black horehounds black horehounds Black horse Black Horse Pike Regional School District Black Hot Black house black houses black huckleberry Black Human Resource Network black humor black humor black humour Black Hundreds black ice black ice black ice black ice Black Ice Extreme Black Ice/White Noise Black imported fire ant black induration black induration black induration Black Infant Health Black Information Technology Forum Black Input/Output Control Unit Black Input/Output Controller Black Input/Output Interface Control Unit Black Insurance Professionals of South Africa Black Intelligence Test of Cultural Homogeneity Black International Construction Organisation Black Iron black iron oxide Black Iron Pipe Black Isle Black Isle Black Isle Peninsula Black Isle Peninsula Black Isle Rock Orchestra Black Isle Studios Black Issues Book Review Black Issues in Higher Education

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