gallows humor

== English == === Alternative forms === gallows humour (Commonwealth) === Pronunciation === === Noun === gallows humor (uncountable) (American spelling, idiomatic) A form of comedy that still manages to be humorous in the face of, and in response to, a tragic or hopeless situation. 1931, "German Falstaff" (review of The Mirror of Fools by Alfred Neumann), Time, 16 Jan., Author Neumann defiantly admits why he wrote this historical-romantic farce: "Because I wanted to fight against the general and my personal depression, and because in hard and bad times there is always one tragicomic feeling in place—gallows humor." ==== Translations ==== === See also === black humor