anticomedy

English

Etymology

From anti- +‎ comedy.

Noun

anticomedy (uncountable)

1. A form of comedy that deliberately avoids the typical conventions of comedy.
   • 2019, Ken Jennings, chapter 8, in Planet Funny: How Comedy Ruined Everything, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 186:

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

Related terms

• anticomedic
• anticomic

See also

• antijoke