When you say a really funny joke quietly, where only one person hears it. Then the douche bag that heard it says it out loud and gets all the credit.
by Hobo Destroyer September 25, 2009

by +WienerScnitzels November 1, 2015

is a trick played on someone that is meant to be funny for people watching, though normally embarrassing for the person being tricked.
What would you do if someone called you saying they were Barack Obama? Florida Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen got a call just like that the other day and like many people would, she assumed it was a radio station practical joke.
by shracaneits January 16, 2009

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."
by powpow April 20, 2007

A dark joke is an offensive joke with an unexpected punchline, usually making fun of yourself or current problems in society.
Someone: I hate these double standards. If you burn a body at a crematorium, you’re "doing a good job", if you do it at home, you’re “destroying evidence”.
Someone 2: How could you be so insensitive! Don't make dark jokes!
Someone 2: How could you be so insensitive! Don't make dark jokes!
by JoeyIsAMoron August 2, 2019

Another way to say "I'm a dick," used by said dick to paint a person's reaction to a distasteful joke as unreasonable/
I have no respect for peoples' identity, culture, or feelings, but I don't want to face the consequences of that lack of respect, so I'll simply say, "It's just a joke."
by Intelleblue May 11, 2021

Style of joke often limited to the dads of the world because anyone else would be able to see how embarrassing the punch-line and response will be.
>You know what a wok is don't you?
>(flatly) What dad?
>It's what you throw at a wabbit when you don't have a wifle. Hur hur hur.
>Ugh. Dad joke.
>(flatly) What dad?
>It's what you throw at a wabbit when you don't have a wifle. Hur hur hur.
>Ugh. Dad joke.
by HungryNoobivore February 3, 2010
