Anticomedy

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A form of comedy that deliberately avoids the typical conventions of comedy. uncountable

    "In the usual comedic parlance, “anticomedy” is a self-aware performance that mines laughs from its utter lack of conventional punch lines."

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"In the usual comedic parlance, “anticomedy” is a self-aware performance that mines laughs from its utter lack of conventional punch lines."

Etymology

From anti- + comedy.

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