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DEADPAN
(adverb) without betraying any feeling
"she told the joke deadpan"
(adj.) deliberately impassive in manner
"deadpan humor", "his face remained expressionless as the verdict was read"
synonyms : expressionless , impassive , poker-faced , unexpressive
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Mnemonics for deadpan
(Tag: ) sounds like deadman... a deadman shows no feelings, is wooden..
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-1 (Tag: ) if u have seen FANNA a bollywood movie--in that Amir Khan was calles deadman by the kid-> He was impassive towards kajol ie behaving as an impassive man, wid a blank, expressionless face = wooden.So,DEAD-MAN-PAN
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