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{{Short description|Emotional neutrality that contrasts comedy}} {{redirect|Deadface|the electrical engineering technique|Deadfacing}} {{distinguish|Anti-humor}} '''Deadpan''', '''dry humour''', or '''dry-wit humour'''<ref>{{cite book|last=Rishel|first=Mary Ann|title=Writing humor|year=2002|publisher=Wayne State University Press|location=Detroit|isbn=0-8143-2959-4|page=166|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sBsC3ItxoYQC&q=%22dry+wit%22&pg=PA166}}</ref> is the deliberate display of emotional neutrality or no emotion, commonly as a form of [[Comedy|comedic]] delivery to contrast with the ridiculousness or absurdity of the subject matter. The delivery is meant to be blunt, [[ironic]], [[Laconic phrase|laconic]], or apparently unintentional.
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