black humor

English

Alternative forms

black humour

Noun

black humor (uncountable) (American spelling)

A subgenre of comedy and satire that deals with subjects that are believed to be serious or controversial, such as death, divorce, drug abuse, etc.
Black humor is like food. Not everyone gets it.

Synonym: black comedy

Derived terms

black-humored

Translations

subgenre of comedy

Armenian: սեւ հումոր (hy) (sew humor)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 黑色幽默 (hēisè yōumò)
Czech: černý humor (cs) m
Danish: sort humor c
Finnish: musta huumori
French: humour noir (fr) m
German: schwarzer Humor m
Greek: μαύρο χιούμορ n (mávro chioúmor)
Japanese: ブラックユーモア (burakkuyūmoa)
Kazakh: қара әзіл (qara äzıl)
Maori: pukuhohe mōkinokino
Polish: czarny humor (pl) m
Portuguese: humor negro (pt) m, humor ácido m
Russian: чёрный ю́мор (ru) m (čórnyj júmor)
Spanish: humor negro (es) m
Swedish: svart humor c

See also

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