单词 | black humor |
释义 | black humor in British English (blæk ˈhjuːmə) noun a US spelling of black humour black humour in British English (blæk ˈhjuːmə) British or black humor US noun another name for black (sense 6) black humor in American Englishnoun a form of humor that regards human suffering as absurd rather than pitiable, or that considers human existence as ironic and pointless but somehow comic Word origin [1965–70]This word is first recorded in the period 1965–70. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: Coriolis effect, Finlandization, hired gun, red-eye, wraparound |
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