What does it mean to describe a joke as ジェネギャ?

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ジェネギャなジョーク

Need help with translating the phrase above to English. I know it is some kind of joke and Google Translate is not helping much.

ジェネギャ is probably an abbreviation for ジェネレーション・ギャップ (genearation gap). — marasai, Mar 17 '15 at 03:06

score 4 · Answer 1 · edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:43

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marasai wrote in a comment:

ジェネギャ is probably an abbreviation for ジェネレーション・ギャップ (generation gap).

edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:43

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answered Mar 17 '15 at 04:32

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I think if you copy a comment verbatim you should give credit to the original poster and make this answer community wiki. – Earthliŋ Mar 17 '15 at 11:11

score 4 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 17 '15 at 12:48

「ジェネギャ」 is as @marasai stated in the comments above.

I had to google around, however, to find out what 「ジェネギャな」 means as an adjective as no one around me uses it. Fortunately, I was able to find enough example usages to conclude that:

「ジェネギャな」 is synonymous to 「[時代遅]{じだいおく}れな」.

Thus,

「ジェネギャなジョーク」 should mean "outdated or old-fashioned kind of jokes".

What does it mean to describe a joke as ジェネギャ?

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