Droll humor

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Droll humor is an often dry, ironic, witty form of humor that elicits laughs through amusingly odd, sometimes zany behavior or speech. Due to its more subtle nature, this type of humor is not commonly used by comedians; Steven Wright is an example of one who does use it in combination with other techniques.

"Highbrow" comedy and British comedy are often classified as having droll humor.