Amanda Peet

I'm a big fan of gallows humor. When my aunt passed away, she was in a coma for a day before my cousins pulled the plug. And the amount of joking and base humor that went on that day around her bed was so insane. It's crazy how people talk when something horrible is happening.

American Actress

Allan Guthrie

Maybe it's the buildings, maybe it's the weather, but you can see it affects us - that Scottish gallows humour; our tendency towards bleakness, to look at things in a negative way. Those definitely come out in my writing.

Scottish Author

Nellie Bly

They were being driven to a prison, through no fault of their own, in all probability for life. In comparison, how much easier it would be to walk to the gallows than to this tomb of living horrors!

American Journalist

James Wolcott

A lost election can have the jolt of a drop through the gallows door, leading to a dark night of the soul in which the future presses down like a cloud that will never lift.

American Critic

James Roday

Gallows humor is part of our coping mechanism. It's part of our grief process. If we don't know what else to do, we laugh. That's a very real thing.

American Actor

Bhagat Singh

I will climb the gallows gladly and show to the world as to how bravely the revolutionaries can sacrifice themselves for the cause.

Indian Activist

Paul Eldridge

If we were brought to trial for the crimes we have committed against ourselves, few would escape the gallows.

American Educator

Fethullah Gulen

Under any circumstances, if I had to return to Turkey and face the gallows, I will not blink an eye.

Turkish Activist

James Adomian

The key to gallows humor is to make the joke, no matter how certain the gallows is.

American Comedian

Carole Radziwill

I, like many young widows, have very well developed gallows humor.

Gallows were common in past justice systems, often mentioned in historical contexts.

Historical Significance

The word evokes a grim or chilling feeling, used in dark or serious storytelling.

Morbid Imagery

Can symbolize the impending doom or a dire outcome in literary works.

Metaphoric Use

Used to heighten drama or illustrate a character's peril in stories or dramas.

Literary Dramatic

The phrase is old-fashioned, evoking a sense of antiquity in its usage.

Archaic Connotations

Metaphorically refers to the cause of something's failure or ruin.

Figurative Defeat

In business, it can describe the downfall or a major setback.

Modern Business

Use it carefully; it may invoke strong imagery of failure or death.

Idiomatic Caution

 The letters are varied in style and height. Some are borrowed from other scripts, but many are unique. The taller letters have been named gallows characters. The manuscript is highly decorated throughout with scroll-like embellishments. It appears to be written by two or more hands,

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