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Black humor

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Phraseologism: Black humor.

Meaning: Humor with a hint of cynicism, the comic effect of which is to mock death, violence, disease, physical deformity, or other dark topics.

Origin: From English: "Black humor". Initially, this expression meant in medieval medicine "black bile", which causes melancholy, according to the teachings of Hippocrates (c. 460 - c. 370 BC) about the "five juices" in the human body. In the modern sense (jokes about death, crime, accidents, etc.), the expression began to be used first in the USA (1950s), then in other countries of the world.

Random phraseology:

Be brave! Let's give each other hands and boldly move forward.

Meaning:

Proposal of friendship, cooperation.

Origin:

From the poem "Forward" (1846) by the poet Alexei Nikolayevich Pleshcheev (1825-1893): "Be bold! let's give each other hands // And boldly move forward - // And let our Union grow stronger and grow under the banner of science!"

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