dirty-mindedmod. having a tendency to
see the lewd or obscene aspects of any-
thing; having a tendency to place an
obscene interpretation on the words and
actions of others. Sam is sort of dirty-
minded, but he wouldn’t do anything really
vile. He’s a vile, dirty-minded jerk.
Most of those guys are dirty-minded.
dirty-mouth 1. n. a person who talks dirty.
(See also bad-mouth.) You are getting
to be quite a dirty-mouth, Gary. Some
dirty-mouth yelled out the most obscene
things during the meeting. 2. tv. to speak
ill of someone or something. (See also
bad-mouth.) Please stop dirty-
mouthing my friends. You have dirty-
mouthed cats just about enough.
dirty old mann. a lecherous old man.
(Usually jocular.) Jimmy, you are get-
ting to be a dirty old man! What a ter-
rible joke. You are a dirty old man!
dirty pooln. activities conducted using un-
fair or sneaky tactics. They’re playing
dirty pool now. This calls for a new plan.
When they start playing dirty pool, it’s
time to get mean.
dirty wordn. a curse word; an informal
word concerned with sex or excrement.
No dirty words are allowed on this com-
puter or news group. Some kid got the
microphone and yelled a dirty word into it.
dirty work 1. n. menial work; hard work.
Why do I always get stuck with the dirty
work? We should share the dirty work
evenly. 2. n. sneaky activities. I hear
that Sam is up to his old dirty work again.
He is a master at dirty work.
disciplinen. drugs. Frank has been on a
little too much of that discipline lately.
She smokes this stuff she calls discipline.
Smells like pot to me.
disc jockeyGo to disk jockey.
discombobulate[dIsk@m”babj@let] tv. to
confuse or perplex someone. That kind
of discussion discombobulates me some-
thing awful. Don’t let the heat of the ar-
gument discombobulate you.
discombobulated and discomboobu-
lated[dIsk@m”babj@led@d and dIsk@m-
”bubj@led@d] 1. mod. confused. I get
completely discombobulated when I think
of figures that big. I’m so discomboob-
ulated these days! She is one discom-
bobulated gal. 2. mod. alcohol intoxi-
cated. From the way she is walking, I’d
say she is discombobulated. You’d be dis-
comboobulated, too, if you’d drunk as
much as she has.
discomboobulatedGo to discombobu-
lated.
dish 1. n. a good-looking woman. Wo w,
isn’t she a dish? Now there’s a good-look-
ing dish. 2. tv. to criticize someone or
something; to spread gossip about some-
one or something. (Probably short for
dish the dirt.) The critics all dished the
opening of the play mercilessly. I wish
you would stop dishing me all the time.
dishragGo to (limp) dishrag.
dish something out 1. tv. to serve up food
to people. (Standard English.) I’ll dish
it out, and you take it to the table.TCare-
ful how you dish out the mashed potatoes.
There may not be enough. 2. tv. to dis-
tribute information, news, etc. The
press secretaries were dishing reports out as
fast as they could write them. TThe com-
pany dishes out propaganda on a regular
basis. 3. tv. to give out trouble, scoldings,
criticism, etc. The boss was dishing crit-
icism out this morning, and I really got it.
TThe teacher dished out a scolding to
each one who was involved in the prank.
dish the dirttv. to spread gossip; to gossip.
Let’s sit down, have a drink, and dish
the dirt. David goes down to the tavern
to dish the dirt.
disk jockey and deejay; disc jockey; DJ
n. a radio announcer who introduces
music from phonograph records. (The
abbreviations are initialisms. Compare
this with desk jockey. See also veejay.)
The disk jockey couldn’t pronounce the
name of the singing group. I was a DJ
for a while, but I didn’t like it.
dis(s)tv. to belittle someone; to show dis-
respect for someone. (From disrespect.)
Gary is such a complainer. All he does
is diss people. Please stop dissing my lit-dirty-minded