Communication
a dry joke
understated joke
A dry joke is funny because it is delivered seriously and without showing much emotion.
Hear it in real life
Did Tom enjoy the long meeting?
He made a dry joke about needing a sleeping bag.
She made a dry joke about the rain, and we only understood it a moment later.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: He told a dry humour about the meeting.
Say: He told a dry joke about the meeting.
“Dry humour” names a style of comedy; an individual funny remark is a dry joke.
Build it
How it fits in a sentence.
make a dry joke; tell a dry joke; a dry joke about something
Your turn: say it out loud
She made a dry joke about the rain, and we only understood it a moment later.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
a dry joke
understated joke
“She made a dry joke about the rain, and we only understood it a moment later.”
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