Meaning

1 senses

  1. (colloquial)A (usually deliberate) unfunny or corny joke, typically containing a pun and often in question/answer format.

    Schenkelklopfer, Flachwitz

Examples

2 sentences

  1. Mary groaned at another of Tom's dad jokes.

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  2. I like telling dad jokes. Sometimes he laughs.

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Translations

5 languages
Deutsch
unfunny joke:

Origin

Indicative of the type of bad jokes that might be told by one's father. Possible calque of

Indicative of the type of bad jokes that might be told by one's father. Possible calque of Japanese おやじギャグ (oyaji gyagu, literally “dad joke”), although it is not clear which came first.

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Forms

plural: dad jokes
Singulardad joke
Pluraldad jokes

regular

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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