Though parents have been honing their joke "skills" for ages, the term dad jokes" is fairly recent, with the earliest known use of the term online was posted in a thread by B3ta Forums member rob in December 2003, which asked other members to submit "lame jokes" made by their fathers.

More than two decades later, dad jokes have evolved tremendously, being incorporated into tweets, photoshops, video edits and many other memetic formats. Not only that, their groan-worthy puns can be actually clever and hilarious – you just have to put a bit of a "dad" mindset.

If you have a favorite dad joke of your own, don’t hesitate to leave it in the comments!