non-joke
STYLE OF COMEDY THAT IS DELIBERATELY AWKWARD OR EXPERIMENTAL
Anti-joke; Anti-humour; Antihumor; Antijoke; Unjokes; Non-joke; Anti-comedy; Unjoke; Anti-jokes; Anticomedy; Antihumour
A type of joke. A non-joke often vaguely sounds as if it ought to be a joke, but on closer inspection, it makes no sense (or slightly botched/mysterious sense). Oddly, non-jokes are sometimes very funny.
Non-joke, from a dream of E. Thrasamund: On seeing that the sign of a pub called the Queen's Arms had fallen to the ground, I said, Look, the Queen's arms have fallen off.