When a joke either requires too much background information or requires too little, therefore making the joke boring.
Person 1: “What do you call a washing machine?”
Person 2: “I don’t know”
Person 1: “A nuke”
Person 2: “Why?”
Person 1: “Because in 1947 a group of scientists discovered if you put a nuke in your washing machine, it turns into a nuke as the inside is constantly rotating.”
Person 2: “Carter Joke”
Person 2: “I don’t know”
Person 1: “A nuke”
Person 2: “Why?”
Person 1: “Because in 1947 a group of scientists discovered if you put a nuke in your washing machine, it turns into a nuke as the inside is constantly rotating.”
Person 2: “Carter Joke”
by moosh May 7, 2021

Table Joke: a flat out terrible joke that is usually used as a conversation filler EX: Why did the chicken cross the road?
by Runawayhomelessman January 31, 2017

by XxSaltyGxX September 4, 2018

Someone who steals, or poaches, other people's jokes and takes credit for the joke. Poaching usually occurs when a joke poacher heres another person tell a joke and repeats said joke in a louder more obnoxious way for all to hear.
John mumbled a joke under his breath. Will heard the joke and repeated it loudly in a crowded room. Everyone laughed at the hilarious joke and Will took credit for coming up with it. Will is a joke poacher.
by ash ketchum173 March 27, 2012

A joke that causes more distress than joy from the recipients of the joke. The person who says the joke will usually start laughing in an unbearable lil' giggle that will cause even more pain to the listeners
JoStar: "Why does an asteroid taste better than a comet?"
Innocent bystander 1: "Why?"
JoStar: "because its a little meteor!"
Innocent bystander 2: "That is such a JoStar joke bruh."
Innocent bystander 3: "I will end you."
JoStar: *giggling like a little beech*
Innocent bystander 1: "Why?"
JoStar: "because its a little meteor!"
Innocent bystander 2: "That is such a JoStar joke bruh."
Innocent bystander 3: "I will end you."
JoStar: *giggling like a little beech*
by Aim For North August 22, 2022

A diplomatic way of telling a friend their outfit sucks, their boyfriend is ugly, they need to use more conditioner, etc. by making a joke about it like you’re kidding.
Usually they will get the hint without getting mad.
Usually they will get the hint without getting mad.
Hey Megan, (laughing) man I love those jeans, I haven’t been able to find those lately, did you get them at a garage sale?
Megan: Are you joking on the square dude??
Megan: Are you joking on the square dude??
by Richfolk September 23, 2021

The act of telling a joke so unfunny that it will make everyone in the general vicinity go silent unanimously instantly upon hearing the joke.
Angel: “Oh no guys Owen’s walking up to us. He is probably gonna tell another Owen Joke.”
Dylan: “Not again!”
Owen: “Dead Sea! How is the Sea gonna live now!”
*Silence*
Dylan: “Not again!”
Owen: “Dead Sea! How is the Sea gonna live now!”
*Silence*
by IgnoredShark April 29, 2022
