Americans use the term “dad” to describe various things: “dad rock” refers to guitar-driven music from the Nixon or Ford era, “dadcore” is about dressing without much concern for fashion, “dad friends” are kind but not the life of the party, a “dad bod” is seen as attractive yet on the verge of middle-age spread, “dad energy” involves behaving goofily like a 40-something, and “dad jokes” are typically bad puns.
https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2024/03/dad-stereotypes-caregiving/677639
