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Whatever your opinions are about them, you can never go wrong with cracking a dad joke in any situation. These inoffensive, overly simplistic, and often punny quips may elicit groans and headshakes, but their corniness will eventually bring about a chuckle or two.
Just check out these glorious examples from the Dad Jokes Daily Facebook group. This online community has amassed around 1.5 million members so far, and scrolling through their featured content should tell you why.
We’ve compiled some of their best ones in this list, which you can steal and use. And as always, don’t forget to upvote your favorites.
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Dad jokes are often met with slight disappointment because of their simplicity and low-hanging fruit nature. However, clinical psychologist Dr. Yael Schonbrun says these jokes aren’t just random humorous attempts, but “linguistic puzzles” that rely on simple types of wordplay.
Homonyms are one type of wordplay you will often find in most dad jokes. These are words that sound the same, have the same spelling, but have a different meaning. An example Dr. Schonbrun used was “I told a chemistry joke, but there was no reaction.”
In this joke, the word "reaction" referred to both the chemical process and the audience's response.
Much like homonyms, homophones are also often used for many of the dad jokes you hear. But in this case, the words sound the same but have different spellings and meanings.
In this scenario, Dr. Schonbrun used this joke as her example: “To start a zoo, you need two pandas, a grizzly bear, and three polar bears. It’s the bear minimum.” Here, you play on the words “bear and bare.”
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Cuppa tea? 46 minutes ago
Actually in case of Range Rover that works. Also lock it once outside. Then unlock, get in and it might come back on.
Paronymy is another type of wordplay that those who love dad jokes would often use. Here, it involves unrelated words spelled completely differently, but sound the same.
As an example, Dr. Schonbrun used the joke: “I gave her a shoulder to crayon,” playing on the words “crayon” and “cry on.”
You may scoff at dad jokes all you want, but experts say they serve an educational purpose. According to humor researcher Marc Hye-knudsen, it can help a child build self-confidence and resilience.
“By continually telling their children jokes that are so bad that they’re embarrassing, fathers may push their children’s limits for how much embarrassment they can handle,” he told FOX 2 Now in 2024.
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Zig Zag Wanderer 12 hours ago
Keeping this for opportune moments. I may need medical attention afterwards, though....
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Andrew Keir 6 hours ago
So, if you throw up your desserts, you get stressed - seems logical to me ...
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UnclePanda 7 hours ago (edited)
Google lens says: The image is a social media screenshot discussing the "Haus in Schwarz" (House in Black) art installation in Möhringen, Germany,.
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Andrew Keir 6 hours ago
Isn't this an advert from the people who sell spikes to go on your walls ?
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April Pickett 1 hour ago
In my opinion, anyone ordering a well done steak should be shown the door. That's a travesty against steak.
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UnclePanda 7 hours ago (edited)
Look over their left shoulder for a long second and say, "... nooo?"
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Zig Zag Wanderer 12 hours ago
Amateur. I'll study in the period before. Actually, I'll study during the break. Actually, I'll study during the test....
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karen snyder 13 hours ago
Ananas is the genus that pineapple belong to. Also, I believe it is the French word for pineapple.
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Auntriarch 3 hours ago
I just close my eyes, I'm old enough to get away with that shenanigans now
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David Morgan 5 hours ago
Quick bit of trivia for my fellow BPs - this is called the Fundamental Attribution Error. This is the human habit of attributing negative reasons to other people's behaviour, but valid excuses to our own. So, for example, if someone else is late to work, that is because they are lazy or too stupid to plan properly. If we are late to work, it is because the traffic was bad or our child was sick and we had to take a detour to the pharmacy. The FAE is REALLY easy to do...
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