Dad jokes refer to a variety of failed attempts at humor made by fathers, embarassingly bad jokes that they didnt realize themselves.
Dad jokes指父亲们想要表现一下幽默却致使冷场的笑话，讲得不好笑却不自知的笑话，好尴尬。即父亲笑话。
While the exact origin of the term dad joke is unknown, the earliest known use of the term online was posted in a thread by B3ta Forums member rob on December 10th, 2003, which asked other members to submit lame jokes made by their fathers. In the first 48 hours, the thread received 15 pages worth of replies.
Dad joke这个说法的确切起源现在尚不可考，已知的最早来源是B3ta平台上一位叫rob的网友在2003年12月十日发表的一个帖子，让平台的其他成员提交自己父亲过去说过的蹩脚的笑话。在帖子发出后的48小时内，就引来整整15页的回复。
如此的互联网热潮立即被互联网词典Urbandictionary注意到，不久之后就有人贡献出有关词条。Dad joke一词也就开始被广泛用和传播。
