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    [Adjective]  | "dead*pan" | \ ˈded-ˌpan \


    1: marked by an impassive matter-of-fact manner, style, or expression


    Origin: circa 1928 ;

    [Adverb]  | "deadpan" 


    1: in a deadpan manner : without emotion : blankly


    Origin: 1933 ;

    [Noun]  | "deadpan" 


    1: a deadpan manner of behavior or presentation

    2: a completely expressionless face


    Origin: circa 1930 ;

    [Verb]  | "deadpan" 


    1: to express in a deadpan manner


    Origin: circa 1942 ;

    [Adjective]  | "deadpan" 


    1: not expressing any emotion;


      * e.g., " ... he delivered the joke in such a deadpan voice that we thought at first that he was serious "





     [ "deadpan" ]

    1: The art of having no expression on your face no matter the hilarity or other reactions you are causing in your audience.

      * e.g.,  ... Tim George is so deadpan. I'd bet he'd be good at poker. 

     [ "deadpan" ]

    1: Dry humor with a blank expressionless face. This type of humor is common among shy and socially indifferent people. Includes other elements of humor ranging from shy humor, sarcastic even macabre humor and other personal characteristics which makes it unique to the individual. Deadpan humor is one of the most complex and to many enigmatic comedy styles as only a select few truly understand it enough to appreciate it for it's brilliance.

      * e.g.,  ... Sarah Silverman, Michael Cera and Stephen Colbert are some of the best deadpan comedians alive. 

     [ "deadpan" ]

    1: I style of humour, also known as dry humour.

      * e.g.,  ... Stephen Colbert (in ultra-serious, blank face): "I cannot see through all of this liberty." 


     [ "deadpan" ]

    2: It involves saying something funny, but not changing ones facial expressions or emotions.

      * e.g.,  ... *audience laughs* 


     [ "deadpan" ]

    3: Stephen Colbert often uses deadpan.

      * e.g.,  ... Stephen Colbert (in ultra-serious, blank face): "Yes, I excell at deadpan humour." 

     [ "deadpan" ]

    1: Having no expression on one's face. Just a blank/empty look.

      * e.g.,  ... Tayshaun Prince plays basketball with deadpan. 

     [ "deadpan" ]

    1:  (n) A pan that has been brutally murdered, or possibly that has died of natural causes, such as by accidental melting and/or by trampling underneath a crowd of people engaged in a furious riot of extreme pan-demonium (n) The subject of Captain Hook's psychedelic wet dreams contained in scenes from the 1992 film Hook, starring Robin Williams, that were deleted in order to prevent the film from having an X-rating, despite repeated time travel protests from Abraham Lincoln in which he claimed that such removal would needlessly compromise the film's substantial artistic integrity

      * e.g.,  ...  Steve the Municipal Pan Coroner: "While the cause of death remains unknown, one thing is certain, which is that this particular pan is pretty much totally dead, and therefore shall heretofore be referred to as a deadpan." Abraham Lincoln: "Man the director's cut of that movie was so much better than the one that the greedy Hollywood water-downers released to the moronic public. If I were alive today I would probably open up a whole nother can of civil war whoopass over that as well as the fact that they totally edited out Julia Roberts' boobies." 

     [ "deadpan" ]

    1: An adjective some people like to use about themselves whenever they realize they are too direct and lack goodwill.

      * e.g.,  ... Bob: What does "MIC" means? 

     [ "deadpan" ]

    1: A pan that has had so much food burnt in it that it is no longer usable, due to the thick layer of black crap on its surface.

      * e.g.,  ... Ah, man. I'm such a lousy cook. Got another deadpan to throw out. 

     [ "Deadpan" ]

    1: A pan teenagers put at the popular hook up spots at camp to collect semen in case a male accidentally ejaculates while hooking up and doesn't want to get it all over the place.

      * e.g.,  ... Wow, John, thank God we have a deadpan behind the music room. Otherwise I would've ejaculated all over Jenny last night. 

     [ "Deadpan Don" ]

    1: A loveable positive person by nature, who is a rhythmical motivational dancer, however is usually misinterpreted as an awkward mechanical mover. Although Deadpan Don presents with a blank empty stare and mouth half agape, she appears most mornings in frumpy slogan garb, with the aim to turn a frown upside down and get the people going. Crowd always goes wild. Loves coffee.

      * e.g.,  ... That Deadpan Don always cracks me up in the morning Deadpan Don is the greatest 

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