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from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Drama) a comedy that treats of morbid, tragic, gloomy, or grotesque situations as a major element of the plot.

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  • noun Alternative form of black humor.
  • noun A film genre that uses black humor.

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  • noun comedy that uses black humor

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  • Sinister or ethnic?

    May 19, 2008