what is a bathos
One of my favourite comedy words is âbathosâ. Bathos is a technique which many experienced writers use instinctively, but most donât know by name â which means you can throw the word around and sound cleverer than they are. Bathos is humour that comes from an incongruous change of tone. In practice, this usually means a line or scene that starts out lofty but suddenly switches to lowbrow. Bathos is not to be confused with pathos, which sounds similar, but isnât funny at all.