ahead of the cops. 2. n. the penis. (Usu-
ally objectionable.) She told some dirty
joke about a dick, but everybody just sat
there and looked straight ahead. 3. n. a
stupid person, usually a male. (Rude and
derogatory.) What stupid dick put this
thing here in the way? 4. n. nothing. (Usu-
ally objectionable.) The whole idea isn’t
worth dick. I was supposed to get a lot
of money out of this deal, but all I got was
dick! 5. tv. & in. to copulate [with] a
woman. (Usually objectionable.) Hell,
she’s never been dicked. I don’t care what
she says! If you think I’m going out with
a guy who only wants to get me dicked,
you’re crazy. 6. tv. to cheat or deceive
someone. (Usually objectionable.)
That salesman dicked me for ten extra
bucks. Man, I really got dicked at that
store! Those creeps are crooks.
dick aroundin. to waste time; to goof off.
(Usually objectionable.) Stop dicking
around and get to work!
dickens 1. thedickens n. the devil. (Al-
ways with thein this sense.) She was
going to kick the dickens out of me. I felt
as bad as the dickens, but what could I
do?2. n. a devilish or impish child. (Also
a term of address.) Come here, you
little dickens. You are such a cute little
dickens!
dick forn. a person dumb enough to ask
“What’s a dick for?” (Jocular and con-
trived. Usually objectionable.) The
guy’s a real dick for.
dickhead 1. n. a stupid person, usually a
male. (Rude and derogatory.) See if you
can get that dickhead to do it right this
time. 2. n. the head of the penis. (Usually
objectionable.) If you like your dick-
head attached, you had better do just ex-
actly as you are told.
dick-sucker 1. n. a male who performs fel-
latio (licking and sucking of the penis).
(Rude and derogatory.) In the bar, this
dick-sucker came up and wanted to know
my sign. 2. n. a low and despicable male;
a male who is despicable enough to per-
form fellatio. (Rude and derogatory.)
You slimy dick-sucker. I’ll get you for this.
dicky-lickern. someone who performs oral
sex on the penis, usually a homosexual
male. (Rude and derogatory.) One of
the dicky-lickers started staring at me.
dicty[“dIkti] mod. snobbish. (Black.)
Those people can be so dicty! That dicty
lady told me I could come to the back to get
a tip if I wanted.
diddle 1. tv. to feel someone sexually. (See
also feel someone up.Usually objec-
tionable.) He was trying to diddle her,
and she was trying to watch the movie.
She moved her hand over, like she was go-
ing to diddle him, then she jabbed him in
the crystals. 2. in. to masturbate [one-
self]. (Usually objectionable.) Have
you been diddling again? 3. tv. to mas-
turbate someone else. (Usually objec-
tionable.) She diddled him since it was
his birthday. 4. tv. to cheat someone.
The shop owner diddled me out of ten
bucks. 5. tv. & in. to copulate [with]
someone. (Usually objectionable.) I’m
tired of hearing who has diddled whom in
Hollywood.
diddle with somethingin. to play with
something; to toy with something.
Here, don’t diddle with that watch.
diddly-shit and doodly-shit 1. n. any-
thing at all. (Usually in the negative. Usu-
ally objectionable.) I don’t give a did-
dly-shit what you do! 2. mod. virtually
worthless; useless. (Usually objection-
able.) I’m gonna take this diddly-shit
watch back to the store and get my money
back.
diddly-squat and (doodly-)squat
[“dIdliskwat and “dudliskwat] n. nothing.
(Folksy. Originally black or southern.)
This contract isn’t worth diddly-squat.
I get paid almost doodly-squat for a full
day’s work.
DIDOphr. dreck in, dreck out; garbage in,
garbage out. (Computers. Acronym. See
also dreck. If you get dreck out of a com-
puter, it’s because you put dreck in. See
also GIGO.) Look at this stuff that the
printer put out. What is it? Oh, well.
DIDO. As a programmer, I specialize
in DIDO.
dick around