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noun (also deadpan comedy or deadpan humour)
- A style of comedic delivery in which something humourous is said or done while not exhibiting a change in emotion or facial expression.
verb (deadpann, ing)
- To express (oneself) in an impassive or expressionless manner.
adjective
- Deliberately impassive or expressionless (as a face or look).
- Having such a face or look (as a person).
- Impassive (as behaviour or speech).
Translations: - Spanish: inexpresivo, socarrón
Etymology: A compound word formed from the English adjective dead and United States slang word pan (synonymous to "face").
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