駄酒落

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Japanese

[edit]
Kanji in this term

Grade: S
しゅ > じゃ
Grade: 3
らく > れ
Grade: 3
goon irregular

Etymology

[edit]

Eye dialect for 駄洒落 (dajare, bad pun, dumb joke, dad joke), replacing the middle character (“solemn; steep, high”) with the visually similar character (“sake, alcohol”). Note the extra horizontal stroke along the bottom of the second character.

The resulting spelling is itself a form of visual dajare, adding in the implication that this is a dumb joke made when one has been drinking. This spelling may be proscribed in some contexts.

Definitions

[edit]
For pronunciation and definitions of 駄酒落 – see the following entry.
駄洒落だじゃれ
[noun] a pun, a dad joke
(This term, 駄酒落, is an alternative spelling (eye dialect, possibly proscribed) of the above term.)