anticomedy

English

Etymology

anti- +‎ comedy

Noun

anticomedy (uncountable)

  1. A form of comedy that deliberately avoids the typical conventions of comedy.
    • 2019, Ken Jennings, chapter 8, in Planet Funny: How Comedy Ruined Everything, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 186:
      In the usual comedic parlance, “anticomedy” is a self-aware performance that mines laughs from its utter lack of conventional punch lines.

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