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the laugh de-escalation

noun phrase /thuh-laf-dee-es-kuh-lay-shun/

A sudden, effective dissolution of tension in an argument caused entirely by an unplanned, well-timed joke.

“Got the laugh de-escalation mid-row, one bad impression of my own voice and the whole argument was over.”

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/thuh-laf-dee-es-kuh-lay-shun/

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