Gallows Humor
Gallows humour is witticism in the face of – and in response to – a hopeless situation. It arises from stressful, traumatic, or life-threatening situations, often in circumstances such that death is perceived as impending and unavoidable.
Gallows humor is made by the person affected by the particular situation.
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Famous quotes containing the words gallows and/or humor:
“For when the gallows is high
Your journey is shorter to heaven.”
—Unknown. The Night before Larry Was Stretched (l. 57–58)
“Everything human is pathetic. The secret source of Humor itself is not joy but sorrow. There is no humor in heaven.”
—Mark Twain [Samuel Langhorne Clemens] (1835–1910)