shock horror
Mock scandalized reaction
Shock horror is a British expression of mock surprise or feigned outrage, used ironically when something is entirely predictable or unsurprising: Shock horror, the politician broke his promise.
The phrase parodies sensationalist tabloid headlines, deliberately overstating reaction to mundane revelations.
- paleLacking color intensity
- panicUncontrollable sudden fear
- screamLoud sharp cry
- pearl-clutchingTheatrical display of offense
- clutching pearlsPerformative dismay gesture
sarcasm · freeze · irony · eye-roll · hyperbole · exclamation · moral panic · idiom · clickbait · tabloid journalism · scandal sheet · gasp · rhetorical device · interjection · shiver · scaremongering · tremble · grotesque
- shocksanaphylaxis, electroshock, aftershock
shock horrorwho knew
Expression of mild surprise
out of the blue · bolt from the blue · jaw-dropping · unbelievable · incredible
shock horrorin all seriousness
no joke · earnestly · unironically · without irony · sincerely
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