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Tone, mood & stylistic register · Working

Deadpan

Also called: dry

ELI5

A comic or dramatic delivery that remains restrained and outwardly serious despite absurdity.

Used in conversation

“The deadpan should be visible in the examples, not just the overview.”

Pitch context

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