Gallows humor
Gallows humor is practiced or possessed by anyone who finds a comical element in a disadvantageous, threatening or hopeless situation and laughs at or mocks his situation or himself, for example by reinterpreting his actual or supposed misfortune in a humorous or ironic way into an advantage. It is a bitter, at first not entertaining, only pretended, recognizable attached humor. Literally, gallows humor means the corresponding sayings of a convict on the way to the gallows . The Duden defines gallows humor as "faked humor, feigned cheerfulness with which someone tries to face an unpleasant or desperate situation in which he finds himself."
Examples
- The robber Mathias Kneißl is - in connection with the announcement of his death sentence, which took place on a Monday - ascribed the saying: "De Woch fangt scho guat o." ("The week is starting well.")
- In connection with the announcement of the verdict, the Berlin robber Werner Gladow is ascribed the following sentence: “You know, Mr. Richter, the triple death penalty, once I'll let myself go, cut the pear off, but the other time I would say dat is desecration. "
- On July 25, 2008, Christopher Emmett, who was sentenced to death in the United States for murder, after the governor of Virginia rejected his pardon, said the last words before the lethal injection was carried out: “Tell the governor he just lost my vote. "(" Tell the governor that he just lost my vote. ")
See also
Web links
Wiktionary: Gallows humor - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations
Individual evidence
- ↑ https://de.wiktionary.org/wiki/Galgenhumor
- ↑ Galgenhumor in duden.de, accessed on February 27, 2015
- ↑ http://www.dradio.de/dkultur/sendung/kalenderblatt/363740/
- ↑ Verbatim article on gallows humor in Time magazine