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Dry humour
Dry humour is understated, delivered flatly, and often barely signalled as a joke at all. American English spells it "dry humor". It overlaps with deadpan, but deadpan describes the delivery while dry describes the humour itself.
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British dry humour confuses a lot of visitors.
British dry humour confuses a lot of visitors.
He has a very dry humour indeed.
He has a very dry humour indeed.
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