Skip to main content
Urban Dictionary Merch
Your favorite words on things you can wear, drink from, read, or give to a friend.
The Urban Dictionary Store sells gifts you’ll have to explain.
A genre of modern indie rock that blends the traditional post-punk leanings of indie with the dad rock of the 70s.

Expect a singer-songwriter playing average electric guitar solos over the top of an incredibly bored backup band.

Examples: the War on Drugs, Wilco, Kurt Vile, etc.
Woah you're going to Mountain Jam? Never knew you were into dadcore.
Dadcore by Dingbatdude January 19, 2018
Related Words
1) a way of life, as "father".

2) An expression of the realization that square is a badge of honor, that success is possible with a positive attitude, that family is paramount, that honesty is everything. As Jesus Christ says, "let your yes be yes, and your no, no." Encompasses dad rock, tucked in shirts, eye contact, good posture, hard work, dirty jokes with "the boys", politics, creedance, Good relationship with parents, being a role model, "grown-up", pays more than his share of taxes, leans right of left, and unlimited BBQs.
"John is dadcore. He just finished his PhD and is raising two boys with his wife, Carla. Lucky guy."
dadcore by Tigercock January 26, 2015
Common insult. Refers to poorly-fitted and often stylistically conservative classic menswear. The kind of clothes a dad would wear.
"That guy is so dadcore"
dadcore by BimboDimbo November 30, 2017
Fashion, music, or other things that the stereotypical suburban father would enjoy.
Dadcore Essentials:
Clothing:
White New Balance 624 sneakers (or similar chunky trainers)

Faded Levi’s jeans (straight-leg or boot-cut)

Graphic tees from hardware stores, breweries, or past vacations

Oversized polo shirts tucked into pants

Plaid short-sleeve button-downs

Windbreakers from the '90s

Tube socks pulled high

Baseball caps with logos for local businesses, sports teams, or national parks

Brown leather belts with silver buckles

“World’s Best Dad” shirts

Accessories / Gear:
Flip phones or outdated smartphones in belt holsters

Digital watches (e.g., Casio)

Fanny packs worn unironically

Oversized sunglasses with side shields

Clip-on sunglasses for prescription lenses

Bluetooth headsets

Wallets stuffed with receipts and coupons

Lifestyle & Hobbies:
Grilling with intense pride (especially with a propane grill)

Obsessively mowing the lawn and talking about it

Fixing things that don’t need fixing

Saying, “They don’t make ‘em like they used to”

Owning a shed full of tools, none labeled

Watching History Channel or documentaries about WWII

Playing classic rock or dad rock (e.g., Eagles, Springsteen)

Saying things like “Let’s rock and roll” before leaving the house

Being really into local weather patterns
dadcore by the random. July 8, 2025
The opposite of nightcore. Generally consists of fast house/happy hardcore tracks slowed down to sound like they are being sung by male vocalists.
'Who's that bloke singing Britney Spears songs?'

'Its Britney - just slowed down into a daycore track.'
daycore by mids99 December 25, 2013
The name of a devastating claymore in the Call of Duty games. These usually are placed in random spots yet result in a double or sometimes even a triple kill. Often players will abuse the scavenger perk to plant multiple dadmores. This results in team victory nearly 100% of the time, and it will make the other team scream and complain after the game. When the other team starts talking, just keep replying "I'm better" until they stop talking or leave the game.
John: "Oh no... i think there are multiple tangos behind us!"

Adam: "It's alright, I murked those scrub sauces with a dadmore while they were trying to flank. I can't wait to tell them that I'm better!"
dadmore by firx71 December 9, 2010
More from Urban Dictionary

pod person 

A person pretending to be something they aren't, or an impostor. This is inferred because of the old alien movies where alien pods appear on earth and the "pod people" dispose of the humans and slowly reproduce the bodies, pretending to be humans.
The pod person was pretending to be my father, but I knew that he was an alien when he acted differently than my father ever would have.
pod person by Christopher M. May 9, 2005
Word of the Day on November 10, 2026
A dead drop is a location used to secretly pass items between two people, without requiring them to meet.

Spies have been known to use dead drops, using various techniques to hide the items and to signal that the drop has been made. Drug dealers use this as well.

A common place is to duct tape the item to the underside of a toilet cover in a public restroom.

A signal is sometimes used as well to indicate there is something to pickup, like a pile of stones in a certain formation. After checking the drop the signal is removed.
"The dead drop is the restroom toilet at the Gulf station at the corner of Commercial Ave. and Georges Rd."
dead drop by rubberroom July 23, 2008
Word of the Day on November 9, 2026
Load more