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How to say "cold humor" or "cold joke" in English?

1. Cold humor: cold humor

Cold humor, with a little black humor, is different from black humor. It can be understood as humor without obvious intention. When the parties tell a cold humor, they don't mean to achieve the humorous effect. This is a very casual humor. It's up to you to laugh or not.

2. a cold joke

A cold joke refers to a joke that fails to achieve its funny purpose and is difficult to make people laugh because of boredom, homophonic words, translation, omission of theme, different logic, judgment or special content, or the tone or expression of the performer.

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Because the second half of cold humor is always unexpected, people who have a positive view of cold humor get colder and colder. The reason is that the second half of cold humor is always unexpected to the listener.

The listener always hints to himself that "the second half of the cold humor can't be guessed", but people's curiosity keeps the listener guessing. The final result is the lengthening or deepening of the thinking process of "concentration and deliberation".

Cold jokes are a new linguistic phenomenon. With the popularity of the Internet, they have penetrated into the daily life of young people. An occasional joke or two can make the communication atmosphere relaxed and pleasant, and also show the humor and wisdom of the confidante.

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