dad joke

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

dad joke (plural dad jokes)

1. (slang) A lame, embarrassing or unfunny joke.

Translations

unfunny joke

• Finnish: puujalkavitsi (fi)
• German: Schenkelklopfer (de) m
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• Japanese: オヤジギャグ
• Polish: suchar (pl) m (colloquial), beton (pl) m (colloquial)
• Swedish: pappaskämt (sv) n