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black humour

black humour is the alternative spelling of black humor.

Meaning of black humor

Noun

black humor (uncountable)

  1. (US) 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.
    Synonyms:
    black comedy

Questions about black humour

What is black humour the alternative spelling of?
Black humour is the alternative spelling of black humor.

Words near black humour in the dictionary

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  5. black humor
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Adapted from Wiktionary: black humour (page history and authors); black humor (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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