Usually means: Humor about very serious subjects.
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  1. gallows humor: Merriam-Webster
  2. gallows humor: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. gallows humor: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. gallows humor: Wiktionary
  5. gallows humor: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  6. gallows humor: Infoplease Dictionary
  7. gallows humor: Dictionary.com
  8. Gallows humor: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
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  1. gallows humor: Medical dictionary

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  1. gallows humor: Urban Dictionary

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noun:  (American spelling, idiomatic) A form of comedy that still manages to be humorous in the face of, and in response to, a tragic or hopeless situation.

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