humorizing

Verb

humorize (third-person singular simple present humorizes, present participle humorizing, simple past and past participle humorized)

1. (rare, transitive) To humor someone.
2. (rare, transitive) To make (an often-serious topic) humorous.
   • There are hundreds of terms for masturbation in men such as "spanking the monkey" or "charming the snake," which serve to humorize but also to avoid directly discussing the topic.2023 February 9, Jon E. Grant, Samuel R. Chamberlain, Impulse: The Science of Sex and Desire, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 38