駄酒落

Japanese

Kanji in this term
駄	酒	落
だ Grade: S	しゅ > じゃ Grade: 3	らく > れ Grade: 3
goon	irregular

Etymology

Eye dialect for 駄洒落 (dajare, “bad pun, dumb joke, dad joke”), replacing the middle character 洒 (“solemn; steep, high”) with the visually similar character 酒 (“sake, alcohol”). Note the extra horizontal stroke along the bottom of the second character.

The resulting spelling is itself a form of visual dajare, adding in the implication that this is a dumb joke made when one has been drinking. This spelling may be proscribed in some contexts.

Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of 駄酒落 – see the following entry.

【駄洒落だじゃれ】 [noun] a pun, a dad joke

(This term, 駄酒落, is an alternative spelling (eye dialect, possibly proscribed) of the above term.)