black humor

English

Alternative forms

• black humour

Noun

black humor (uncountable) (American spelling)

1. 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.

   Synonym: black comedy

   Black humor is like food. Not everyone gets it.

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

• comedy
• gallows humor
• humor
• tragicomedy