cold joke 

In China, a joke that funny by virtue of being not actually funny at all. The name comes from the fact that when one hears a cold joke, he shivers in terror instead of laughing because the joke is so bad. From Mandarin Chinese, "leng xiao hua."

An example of a cold joke: "There was a hide and seek club at my high school. The president still hasn't been found."

cold joke by powpow April 20, 2007

cold joke 

started by Taiwanese, but got popular in many Chinese spoken areas. It means some joke with sense of awkward humor. This kind of joke is funny because it's really not funny.

Cold joke example :

What's the smartest car?

"Smart" ~
keke, so funny~

cold joke by UPenn Legend July 14, 2009