Now, from they context I could see they meant a kind of dark joke about death or some other horrible event. BUT in English a black joke meands a racist joke about black people!
It is not politically correct and not funny. I told my coworkers they should have used a different expression because people may get offended if they hear you saying black joke... instead use one of the three following terms
black humor
Whenever something bad happens I also use black humor to lighten the mood.
dark humor
Tom has a really dark sense of humor, he's always joking about death and other tragedies.
gallows humor
This is when people make jokes about death before a coming battle, execution(gallows are the execution platform for hanging) or other terrible event happens.
So tomorrow we all lose our jobs when the factory closes, I guess it is time for some gallows humor...
Be careful guys! Sometimes katakana English can be misunderstood and get you in trouble~!
Phil
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