1. when something happens that is so awful that it makes the situation funny.

2. an extremely bad event that one cannot help but to laugh at

The safeguarding of Earth and other worlds from biological cross-contamination (i.e. billionaires with too much time on their hands).

Also known as “planetary protection.” Planetary protection / quarantine “reflects both the unknown nature of the space environment and the desire of the scientific community to preserve the pristine nature of celestial bodies until they can be studied in detail.”

There are two types of interplanetary contamination. Forward contamination is the transfer of viable organisms from Earth to another celestial body. Back contamination is the transfer of extraterrestrial organisms, if such exist, back to the Earth's biosphere.

Something that is so funny and yet at the same time so disturbing you cannot help but laugh.

Describes humor that is both horrible (as far as the subject matter goes) and hilarious at the same time. This term is reserved for very depraved humor.

Something that is horrible and extremely funny at the same time.

adj. the quality of being horribly wrong to the point of being humorous