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      3 days ago

      “Dad Jokes” are a specific kind of joke, which typically make people groan, because they’re so terrible. See [email protected], for example.

      But his sentence could also mean that he tells jokes to his dad. She notices that and asks about it, therefore making a Dad Joke herself.
      He doesn’t get the Dad Joke, which exposes him as perhaps not being very good at the whole Dad Joke thing.