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dry humor

dry humor noun: humor that is presented with no change of expression; deadpan.

Noun

dry humor (uncountable)

  1. Humor that is presented with no change of expression; deadpan.

Forms of dry humor

alternative formdry humour

Questions about dry humor

What does dry humor mean?
Dry humor means humor that is presented with no change of expression; deadpan.
What part of speech is dry humor?
Dry humor is a noun.

Words near dry humor in the dictionary

  1. dry holes
  2. dry hop
  3. dry hopped
  4. dry hopping
  5. dry hops
  6. dry humor
  7. dry humour
  8. dry hump
  9. dry humped
  10. dry humping
  11. dry humps

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