冷笑话? lame joke
a cold joke / an icy joke
台湾的冷笑话一词就是由此直译而来。举个例子如下
Q: What's the difference between an iceberg and a clothes brush?
A: One crushes boats and the other brushes coats!
cool joke 是相当棒的笑话的意思, lame joke是糟糕的笑话,cold joke即不一定相当棒也不一定糟糕,只是他的格式有点类似于不是笑话的意思而已。
cool joke也是一个日本乐团的名字
a cool joke
a cold joke
或
a bad joke
或
anti-joke
皆可
a teasing joke OR a mocking joke