Comment on Is there a word for this kind of funny in any language?
e0qdk@reddthat.com 3 weeks ago
“Dry humor” maybe, for the style?
Did some searching and one term that came up was the German word “Schmunzeln” which I hadn’t heard of before.
wiktionary describes it as:
to smile slightly, smirk (not smugly, but in an amused or contented way; e.g. when witnessing an amusing scene or conversation)
Not sure if that’s quite right or not, but might be what you’re looking for if you want a word to describe the reaction? (Maybe someone who actually speaks German can confirm…)
Of course, there’s a German word for it, lol. I think Schmunzeln is closest, but as you said, in a dry humor kind of why. Dry humor is really, really close, but not quite perfect.