Whistle in the dark
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'Sexual humor is a sort of whistling in the dark, like Beaumarchais' Figaro, who “laughs so that he may not cry.”' --Rationale of the Dirty Joke, 1968, Gershon Legman |
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To make a show of bravery despite one's fears; to put on a brave front.
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